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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/frank-dobson-1014" aria-label="More by Frank Dobson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Frank Dobson</a>
Truth
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1930
actions: postures and motions
adults
female
nudes
people
sitting
woman
<p>Although Dobson appreciated the importance of direct carving, he denied that there was an essential distinction between carving and modelling; what was important was dealing with the material three-dimensionally. Aside from his early interest in non-western art, Dobson was greatly influenced by the work of the French artist Maillol. Maillol was an earlier follower of Rodin, whose nude sculptures echoed the smooth lines and forms of ancient Greek sculpture. The actual cast for this work was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1932.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture bronze
28 January 2011 – 4 September 2011
2011-09-04
28 January 2011 – 4 September 2011
2011-09-04
2011-01-28
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-01-28
Single Form: the body in sculpture from Rodin to Hepworth
Collection based display
Truth
object: 1245 × 800 × 690 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1930
<p>Although Dobson appreciated the importance  of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/direct-carving" title="Glossary definition for 'Direct carving'"><span>direct carving</span></a>, he denied that there was  an essential distinction between carving and modelling; what was important was dealing  with the material three-dimensionally. Aside  from his early interest in non-western art,  Dobson was greatly influenced by the work  of the French artist Maillol. Maillol was an  earlier follower of Rodin, whose nude <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptures</span></a> echoed the smooth lines and forms of ancient Greek sculpture. The actual <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/cast" title="Glossary definition for 'Cast'"><span>cast</span></a> for this work  was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1932. </p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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<p><b>N04510</b> TRUTH 1930
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Dobson’ at back of base.
<br/>Bronze, 50×30×25 (127×76×64).
<br/>Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1930.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by the C.A.S. from the artist with the aid of public subscriptions 1930.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Leicester Galleries, May 1930 (no catalogue).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Kineton Parkes, <i>The Art of Carved Sculpture</i>, 1, 1931, p.30.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>C.A.S. Report 1930–31</i>, 1932, frontispiece; Earp, 1945, pl.22 (the plaster?).</p>
<p>Kineton Parkes, <i>op. cit.</i>, says that ‘In “Truth”, the life-size statue in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/metal" title="Glossary definition for 'Metal'"><span>bronze</span></a> of 1930, culminates the phase of intensive modelling with which Dobson was occupied for four or five years.’ A second bronze <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/cast" title="Glossary definition for 'Cast'"><span>cast</span></a> was bought by Sir James Dunn. The <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/plaster-of-paris" title="Glossary definition for 'Plaster of Paris'"><span>plaster</span></a> was exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1932 (British Pavilion, 132).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults female nudes people sitting woman