Chadwick on AllMovie

The sculptures of Lynn Chadwick are modeled after human and animal forms, but he considers them to be abstract. By simplifying the figures to a very elemental depiction, he investigates movement in an original way. A self-taught artist, he won the International Prize for Sculpture at the Venice Biennale in 1956. In Chadwick, he is seen working on two figures on a staircase, and the film follows the steps from concept drawing through the metal framework to the casting of the piece. His works have been compared to those of Henry Moore, but Chadwick's welded iron sculptures speak only of his personal vision.