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Phyllida Barlow

British artist (1944-2023) · United Kingdom · On the map · Artists · Died at 78

Dame Gillian Phyllida Barlow was a British visual artist. She studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960-1963) and the Slade School of Art (1963-1966). She joined the staff of the Slade in the late 1960s and taught there for more than forty years.

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2023Died12 March 20232021Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2016Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward2012Aachen Art PrizeAward1944Born4 April 1944

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Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire2021
Commander of the Order of the British Empire2016
Aachen Art Prize2012

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She retired from academia in 2009 and in turn became an emerita professor of fine art. She had an important influence on younger generations of artists; at the Slade her students included Rachel Whiteread and Ángela de la Cruz. In 2017 she represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale.

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United Kingdom
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
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Lived 1944 to 2023 · aged 78

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