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| August 5th | Naum Gabo (Birth) |
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Russian – born Naum Gabo (1890 – 1977) was the most influential sculptor and theorist in post-Revolutionary Russia. He specialised in abstract geometrical shapes and the essence of his art was the exploration of space with no, or as little as possible, depiction of mass. After the Russian Revolution, Gabo lived variously in Moscow, Paris, New York and London and became renowned in the art circles of those cities. Having survived a revolution and one world war, Gabo, who was Jewish, settled in London in 1936 and became friends with Barbara Hepworth who encouraged him to come to St. Ives where he stayed with Adrian Stokes (October 27th) and his wife Margaret Mellis. While in Cornwall he continued to work and became fully integrated into the St. Ives School of Artists. His influence on John Wells (July 28th) and Peter Lanyon (August 31st) was profound, leading both to develop a softer form of constructivism, the concept of art for social purposes as exemplified by the Bauhaus movement. Whilst he was only in St. Ives for six years, Gabo exerted considerable influence on the St. Ives School members and inspired many people who, in their turn, inspired later generations of Cornish artists.
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