Leon Underwood
British · 1890–1975 · Painter, Printmaker
George Claude Leon Underwood was a British artist. Although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also an influential teacher and promoter of African… (Wikipedia)
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Arbeiterinnen beim Trocknen von Tabakblätternim Kinsky · €12,540≈ $13,797≈ £9,779Sign up to see
June of Youth, circa 1934Lyon & Turnbull · £8,750≈ $12,170≈ €10,073Sign up to see
Marina, 1930Lyon & Turnbull · £6,000≈ $8,345≈ €6,907Sign up to see
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George Claude Leon Underwood was a British artist. Although primarily known as a sculptor, printmaker and painter, he was also an influential teacher and promoter of African art. His travels in Mexico and West Africa had a substantial influence on his art, particularly on the representation of the human figure in his sculptures and paintings. Underwood is best known for his sculptures cast in bronze, carvings in marble, stone and wood, and his drawings. His lifetime's work includes a wide range of media and activities, with an expressive and technical mastery. Underwood did not hold modernism and abstraction in art in high regard and this led to critics often ignoring his work until the 1960s when he came to be viewed as an important figure in the development of modern sculpture in Britain.
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Also known as George Claude Leon Underwood, Leon G. C. Underwood
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.