| Administrative History | George Fullard was born in 1923 in Sheffield and studied art at the Sheffield College of Arts and Crafts. In 1942 he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art but his education was interrupted by the Second World War. He served in North Africa and Italy and was wounded at Monte Cassino (in 1944). He returned to the Royal College of Art in 1945 and graduated two years later. From 1963 till his death he was head of the Sculpture Department at the Chelsea School of Art. His interest in the human figure and in war subjects was reflected in his metal constructions and assemblages in wood. He became an Associate Royal Academician in 1973, but died the same year. A major exhibition was held at the Serpentine Gallery in 1974 and a retrospective exhibition at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, in 1998. Biographical information on Fullard is included in the exhibition catalogue `Playing with Paradox: George Fullard (1923-73)', edited by Andrew Middleton with John Kirby (Sheffield, 1998). |
| Custodial History | Presented by the artist's widow, Irena Fullard, in 1975. |