ROBERT BAIN (BRITISH/SOUTH AFRICAN 1911-1973)MOTHER AND CHILD BRONZE 1968
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ROBERT BAIN (BRITISH/SOUTH AFRICAN 1911-1973)MOTHER AND CHILD BRONZE 1968
Artist - Robert Bain 1911 - 1993
Title - Mother and Child 1968
Medium - Bronze signed and dated 1968
Size - Height inc. base 23cm
Condition - Some surface knocks and scratches, mainly to the back.
Nice quality bronze of a mother and child by the well listed British/South African artist Robert Bain.
ROBERT BAIN (BRITISH/SOUTH AFRICAN 1911-1973)
Robert Bain rose to prominence in 1948 when he beat Pietro Annigoni to the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze's gold medal for his interpretation of Michelangelo's David. The work was later exhibited in 1962 at the Association of Arts Gallery in Cape Town.
Born in Edinburgh in 1911 Bain went on to marry Mary Lochiel in 1932 and after the birth of their son Robbie they moved to South Africa. On arrival Bain took up the post of senior lecturer at the Port Elizabeth School of Art. After further study and practice in Italy Bain returned to South Africa and started as head of the Johannesburg School of Art.
Bain exhibited widely throughout his career across South Africa and completed important commissions including the bronze relief doors for the South African Reserve Bank in Port Elizabeth and a monumental sculpture of King George IV, for which preparatory studies were made during the royal tour of South Africa in 1947.
Robert Bain worked with wood, bronze and marble frequently experimenting with forms in Gesso before producing finished carvings in marble. Bain drew on religious topics, figural depictions and members of his local community. Condition Report: Light surface dirt throughout.
Postage to the UK is free, out side of the UK postage is at cost by trackable postal services.
Artist - Robert Bain 1911 - 1993
Title - Mother and Child 1968
Medium - Bronze signed and dated 1968
Size - Height inc. base 23cm
Condition - Some surface knocks and scratches, mainly to the back.
Nice quality bronze of a mother and child by the well listed British/South African artist Robert Bain.
ROBERT BAIN (BRITISH/SOUTH AFRICAN 1911-1973)
Robert Bain rose to prominence in 1948 when he beat Pietro Annigoni to the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze's gold medal for his interpretation of Michelangelo's David. The work was later exhibited in 1962 at the Association of Arts Gallery in Cape Town.
Born in Edinburgh in 1911 Bain went on to marry Mary Lochiel in 1932 and after the birth of their son Robbie they moved to South Africa. On arrival Bain took up the post of senior lecturer at the Port Elizabeth School of Art. After further study and practice in Italy Bain returned to South Africa and started as head of the Johannesburg School of Art.
Bain exhibited widely throughout his career across South Africa and completed important commissions including the bronze relief doors for the South African Reserve Bank in Port Elizabeth and a monumental sculpture of King George IV, for which preparatory studies were made during the royal tour of South Africa in 1947.
Robert Bain worked with wood, bronze and marble frequently experimenting with forms in Gesso before producing finished carvings in marble. Bain drew on religious topics, figural depictions and members of his local community. Condition Report: Light surface dirt throughout.
Postage to the UK is free, out side of the UK postage is at cost by trackable postal services.
