Biography
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1910
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Born in Richmond upon Thames
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1927
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Studied at St John's Wood School of Art, under Pat Millard
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1929-32
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Studied at the Royal Academy Painting Schools
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1936
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Turned to sculpture
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1954
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Moved from Oxfordshire to Oundle, where he began to teach art
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1959
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Bought a brewery in Oundle, which he converted into a studio and living space
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1968
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Fermoy Art Gallery, King’s Lynn, Norfolk
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1969
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Somerville College, Cambridge
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1972
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Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, ‘George Kennethson: Sculpture and Drawings 1952-72’
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1974
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University of Birmingham, ‘A Retrospective Exhibition: Sculptures and Drawings by Geroge Kennethson’
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1975
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Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, ‘George Kennethson: Sculpture’
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1993
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The New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire,‘George Kennethson: Retrospective’
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2000
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Wilson Stephens Fine Art, London, ‘George Kennethson: 1910-1994’
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2004
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Wilsons Stephens Fine Art in association with Archeus Fine Art, London, ‘George Kennethson: A Modernist Rediscovered’
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Selected group exhibitions
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1947
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Arts Council touring exhibition, ‘Sculpture in the Home’
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1986
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Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, ‘Translations from Life and Nature: Stone Carvings 1950-85’
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1988
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The New Art Centre, London
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2012-13
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The Fine Art Society, London ‘Carving in Britain from 1910 to Now’
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Selected collections
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The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
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Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
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