Nigel Henderson (artist)
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Nigel Henderson was an artist and photographer.
He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art
. In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group
, and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug
, Edward Wright
and Eduardo Paolozzi
.
He took part in the exhibition This is Tomorrow
at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.
Nigel Henderson's work was included in the 1990 Institute of Contemporary Arts
exhibition The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty.
He studied at the Slade School of Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
. In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group
Independent Group
The Independent Group met at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London from 1952-55. The IG consisted of painters, sculptors, architects, writers and critics who wanted to challenge prevailing modernist approaches to culture. They introduced mass culture into debates about high culture,...
, and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug
Anthony Froshaug
Anthony Froshaug was an English typographer and teacher, born in London to a Norwegian father and English mother.Froshaug attended Charterhouse School and studied book production and wood engraving at the Central School of Arts & Crafts from 1937 to 1939.On leaving the Central in 1939 he began to...
, Edward Wright
Edward Wright (artist)
Edward Wright was a painter, typographer and graphic designer.In the early 1950s he was a member of the Independent Group, and taught at the Central School of Art with Anthony Froshaug, Nigel Henderson and Eduardo Paolozzi....
and Eduardo Paolozzi
Eduardo Paolozzi
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi, KBE, RA , was a Scottish sculptor and artist. He was a major figure in the international art sphere, while, working on his own interpretation and vision of the world. Paolozzi investigated how we can fit into the modern world to resemble our fragmented civilization...
.
He took part in the exhibition This is Tomorrow
This is Tomorrow
This Is Tomorrow was a seminal art exhibition in August 1956 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, facilitated by curator Bryan Robertson. The core of the exhibition was the ICA Independent Group.-History:...
at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1956.
Nigel Henderson's work was included in the 1990 Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...
exhibition The Independent Group: Postwar Britain and the Aesthetics of Plenty.