GEORGE PICKARD (1929 – 1993)
“African Head”
Welded Steel (edition 1/1) 49cm high
Signed with initial and dated ’66 (1966)
Provenance: From the Artist’s studio collection, the
Artist’s estate. IMAGE
George
Pickard was a sculptor, architect, painter and teacher. He was born in Syston, Leicester settling
nearby at Rearsby. He attended Leicester
School of Architecture from 1945 to 1952 becoming an associate of RIBA in
1953. From 1952 to 1954 he did his
National Service in the Royal Artillery as regimental artist engaged in
camouflage design. From 1957 to 1966 he
practised as an architect, interested in interior design and sculptural
components in building. From 1966 to
1988 Pickard was senior lecturer in interior design at Leicester Polytechnic
and in 1986 was granted a sabbatical to study advanced design and methods in
flat glass related to sculpture. He was
a founder member of the Architectural Sculptors Group in 1972 and a member of
Leicester Society of Artists and he showed widely in
