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Sculptor in wood, stone, terracotta and bronze, draughtsman and teacher, born at South Woodford, Essex. Skeaping – son of Kenneth Mathieson Skeaping, the painter – studied at Goldsmiths’ College School of Art, the Central School of Arts and Crafts 1917–19 and the Royal Academy Schools, 1919–20. In 1924 Skeaping married Barbara Hepworth the sculptor, marriage dissolved 1933, and won the Rome Prize. His first one-man show was held, with Barbara Hepworth, at Alex Reid and Lefevre, Glasgow, in 1928. Was a member of the 7 & 5 Society 1932, LG 1928–34 and became an official war artist during World War II. After the war he lived in Mexico for a time, also in France and exhibited widely abroad. First exhibited at the RA in 1922 and was elected RA in 1960.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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