Bernard Meadows was a sculptor, born in Norwich in 1915. He first studied at the Norwich School of Art and at the R.C.A. in 1934 for two years, then again in 1938 and 1946. From 1936 to 1939 he worked as a studio assistant to Henry Moore. He served in the R.A.F. between 1941 and 1946, during which time he derived the crab motif which can be found in several of his works, having spent some of his service on the Cocos Islands. In 1952 and 1964 he was represented in the Venice Biennale, in 1953 and 1959 in the Antwerpt Sculpture Biennale, and in 1958 the São Paulo Bienal. His first solo exhibitions were hosted at Gimpel Fils in 1957 and the New York Rosenberg gallery in 1958-9. Meadows started teaching at the Chelsea School of Art in 1948, where he remained for twelve years. In 1956 he was awarded an Italian state scholarship, and in 1960 he took over as Professor of Sculpture at the R.C.A. His work is included in the Deutsche Bank collection.
