Jack Knox RSA, RSW, RGI
Title: A Pair of Pears
Date: 2008
Bronze, H 8.5 cms x diam 5.5; Pear II, H 7.5 cms x diam 5
It was an interesting challenge to be asked to take on something which I had not done for over fifty years. My only previous experience of sculpture had been one day a week at Glasgow School of Art with Jimmy Barr and Benno Schotz. This recent attempt has been an enjoyable break from painting.
Biography
Jack Knox was born in Kirkintilloch in 1936, and studied at Glasgow School of Art. He painted at Andre L’Hote Atelier and the American Center, Paris from 1957 to 1958, and was a lecturer at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, Dundee, for 16 years from 1965-81, after which he held the post of Head of Painting at Glasgow School of Art until 1992.
Knox is an Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy and now lives and paints in Broughty Ferry. |
