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RobertBryan Charles Kneale MBE RA (born 19 June 1930 [1] ) is a Manx artist and sculptor, described by BBC News Online as "one of the Isle of Man's best known artists." [2]

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Born in the island's capital, Douglas, [3] Kneale studied painting at the Douglas School of Art, from which he graduated in 1947, and then moved to London, to study at the Royal Academy Schools. [4] In 1948, he won the Rome Prize and spent some time living in Italy. [3] During the 1950s, he learned welding, and in 1960 took to sculpture in preference to painting, and became a teacher. [3]

He has taught at Hornsey College of Art and Design, and from 1963 until his retirement from teaching in 1995 he taught sculpture at the Royal College of Art. [4] He was also Master and later Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy between 1982 and 1990. [1] In addition to his teaching, numerous exhibitions of his own painting and sculpture work have been held since 1953, [3] and his works are displayed in countries such as Australia, Brazil, England, New Zealand and the United States. [3] In the US, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City includes examples of his work amongst its public collections [1] and in England his work is displayed at Manchester Art Gallery.

He was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Prize in 1952, as well as the Daily Express Young Painters' Prize (1955) and an Arts Council Purchase Award (1969). [4] After a successful solo show at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1966, Kneale became the first abstract sculptor to be elected a Royal Academician in 1974. He accepted the honour only on the condition that he be allowed to curate a show of contemporary sculpture which resulted in a groundbreaking survey of some of the period's most exciting sculptors.

Kneale is the younger brother of the screenwriter Nigel Kneale (1922–2006), [5] best known for his Quatermass television serials. Kneale illustrated the covers for Penguin Books' releases of his elder brother's Quatermass scripts in 1960. [6] He was also responsible for a painting of a lobster from which BBC special effects designers Bernard Wilkie and Jack Kine drew their inspiration for the Martian creatures they constructed for Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59). [7]

For his sculpture Capt Quilliam, he received the 2007 Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture. [8] He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours, for services to British Art. [9]

He currently[ when? ] lives in London. [4]

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  5. ↑ Murray, Andy (2006). Into the Unknown: The Fantastic Life of Nigel Kneale (paperback). London: Headpress. ISBN   1-900486-50-4.
  6. ↑ Pixley, Andrew (2005). The Quatermass Collection – Viewing Notes (paperback). London: BBC Worldwide. BBCDVD1478.
  7. ↑ Jack Kine and Bernard Wilkie (2005). Making Demons (DVD documentary using archive interview material. Extra feature on The Quatermass Collection set). BBC Worldwide.
  8. ↑ "Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture". Marsh Christian Trust. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
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