Allen Jones R.A. (b. 1937)
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Biography

Painter, draughtsman and printmaker, sculptor and teacher, born in Southampton. He studied at Hornsey College of Art, 1955-9, then was at Royal College of Art until 1960 when 'excessive independence' led to his expulsion. From the early 1960s Jones appeared frequently at the Paris Biennale (winning a prize in 1963) and John Moores Exhibition, Liverpool. In 1963 Jones had the first of several solo shows at Arthur Tooth and Sons, and from 1964 showed with Richard Feigen Gallery in New York. Jones' international reputation was now well under way. His reputation was consolidated from the early 1970s with shows at Marlborough Fine Art and Waddington Galleries.

Jones was famous for his Pop Art images, his glossy female forms owing something to American advertising of the 1960s. The artist designed posters, did stage and film work and produced a calendar for Pirelli. In addition to his three-dimensional fibreglass and aluminium sculptures made from the 1960s, in the early 1980s Jones created freer, silhouette-like coloured images. Public commissions included Red Worker at Perseverance Works, Hackney, and the huge Acrobat, at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, both in steel. Jones' work is held by Tate Gallery and Arts Council. Lived in London and was made RA in 1986.