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Indepth Arts News: "Arnold Machin: A Retrospective of a Lifes Work" 2001-07-17 until 2001-08-03 Royal Academy of Arts London, , UK
Arnold Machin is renowned for the
creation of the British postage stamp
portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth
II, reputed to have been reproduced
more times than any other image in
history, some 150 billion copies having
been printed to date.
The exhibition encompasses his lifetime
work, commencing with his childhood,
apprenticeship china painting at Minton
age 14, student work at Stoke and
Derby Art Schools, and the Royal
College of Art, London. Then come the
war years, as a conscientious objector in
the company of other C.O.s including
Michael Tippert, early release assisted by
Josiah Wedgwood and a return to
modelling and sculpture and the creation
of many notable ceramics, now prized
collectors pieces.
He was elected an associate member of
the Royal Academy in 1946, appointed
Master of Sculpture from 1959 to 1966
and was to become the longest serving
member. The exhibition is held in the
studios where he taught. From this
period are examples of the terracotta
figures and pencil studies that were
regularly shown at the Royal Academy
Summer Exhibitions.
The Exhibition includes a reconstruction
of his working studio with with tools,
books, reference and other influential
material. Displays show a variety of
sculptors and potters methods including
moulding casting and bronze processes.
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