£2,000 - £3,000
Alan Thornhill (British, 1921-2020) - ' Adam & Eve ' - A mid 20th century circa 1950s / 60s terracotta bronze sculpture of lying embracing figures. The sculpture raise don a chrome plinth base. Measures approx. 55cm H x 108cm L x 68cm W including base.
Sculpture visible on Alan Thornhill website in Early Work: Life Studies (https://www.alanthornhill.co.uk/early-work/figurative-sculpture/).
Born in London in 1921 to Stewart Dornberger, a German Jewish business man and Louise Warren, Alan grew up in Fittleworth, West Sussex and was educated at Brambletye and Radley College. After the war, upon return to England, Alan enrolled at Camberwell Art School where he began his life-long exploration of clay under Dick Kendal and Norah Bradon. There he met painter Sheila Denning whom he married. On getting a teaching job at Kingston School of Art, Alan moved with his family to London in 1959 where he set up a studio in Putney which he maintained until his death. Here his work moved towards abstraction and he developed a technique of building with clay elements. He was inspired by the immense versatility and responsiveness of clay which enabled him to assemble, build and cut away. He also created ceramic tables which were sold at Heals in the 1960s and began to create portrait heads.
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