Ivor Abrahams

Ivor Abrahams
British
,
1935
-
2015
http://www.ivorabrahams.com/

Ivor Abrahams (1935 -2015) is an artist who has worked through 5 decades using as his imagery gardens, cityscapes, mythlogies, the human figure & animals. His use of materials for Sculpture & Prints range from traditional to contemporary including Flock fibre, Epoxy, Paper foam, Styrene, Ceramic, Steel and Bronze. His approach has always been experimental and innovative.

Early life

Ivor Abrahams was born 10 January 1935 in Wigan, Lancashire to a Jewish family, the eldest of 2 children. He studied sculpture at Saint Martin's School of Art under Frank Martin and Anthony Caro 1952–54, and Camberwell School of Art under Karel Vogel and Martin Bloch 1954–57.[3] In 1957, he became apprentice to the Fiorini Bronze Foundry and went on to work as a display artist for Adele Rootstein.