William Turnbull (Scottish, 1922–2012)

Timeline

1922: Born in Dundee, Scotland
1939–1941: Worked as an illustrator for a national periodical publisher in Scotland before serving in the RAF for the rest of the war
1946–1948: Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London
1948–1950: Lived in Paris
1952: One of the young British sculptors whose work was shown at the 26th Venice Biennale
1953–1961: Became Visiting Artist at the Central School of Arts and Crafts
1964–1972: Taught sculpture at the Central School

1997: "Surrealism and After: The Gabrielle Keiller Collection", Scottish, National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
1996: "un siècle de sculpture anglais", Galeries National du Jeu de Paume, Paris
1995: Serpentine Gallery, London
1992: Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin
1992: "4 Sculpteurs Anglais: Armitage, Caro, Chadwick, Turnbull", Artcurial Paris
1986: "Forty Years of Modern Art 1945-1985", Tate Gallery, London
1984: National Museum Art Gallery, Singapore
1973: Tate Gallery, London
1972: "20th Century Sculpture in Los Angeles Collections", U.C.L.A. Galleries Los Angeles
1964: "Guggenheim International", Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
1963: Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York
1952: Venice Biennale, Venice
1950: "Aspects of British Art", Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1950: Hanover Gallery, London

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