James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

British, 1904-1974

Lloyd was born in Alsager, Cheshire. He had worked on his father's farm until the age of 19, when he too joined the police force. Lloyd had a variety of jobs before the war until he was accepted for the famous and exclusive British Army regiment of the Coldstream Guards. He served with distinction in his regiment overseas during the war. On demobilisation he married Nancy, she was a teenager and he in his forties, he returned to the land and took a job as - a wagonner- in Shropshire. Although he had done some paintings as a young man, it was not until he was forty, that he began to paint in earnest. He and his family moved to Skirpenbeck, East Riding of Yorkshire in 1950. He took on the job as a cowman and painted by night at the kitchen table. Lloyd began to produce so many paintings - laboriously constructed, dot-by-dot, in their naîve pointillism - that his wife Nancy, who was his severest critic, decided it was time that Jim's work was seen by a wider public than his family. Without telling Jim, she wrote to Sir Herbert Read, who paid the artist a visit and left with a couple of new purchases. Read also borrowed some to send to show to a group of London galleries. In 1958, at the age of fifty-three, James held his first one-man show at Arthur Jeffress Gallery. All but two of the 32 paintings were quickly sold. The rapidly expanding Lloyd family (eight children, and one who died young) moved to a council house further into the village and Jim took a job with the Derwent Plastics Company at Stamford Bridge, the money was better and the hours easier, he did shift work so he could paint by day and work by night. He devoted all his spare time (except for that spent at the pub) to painting. He never painted in a studio; he would usually just paint at the kitchen table. In 1961 he was commissioned by the York City Art Gallery under the Evelyn Award Scheme to paint the view of Cliffords Tower, York for the gallery's collection - his first work in a public collection. L.S. Lowry also produced a painting of Cliffords Tower. At the closure of Arthur Jeffress Gallery, James Lloyd was taken on by the Portal Gallery, where his paintings still remain. In 1963 Eric Lister of the Portal Gallery introduced James to film director Ken Russell. The result was that the BBC Monitor unit made a television documentary film about his life and work, 'The dotty world of James Lloyd'. Two years later Lloyd was chosen to play, the part of Henri Rousseau in Ken Russell's 'Monitor' film on the great French naîve painter. The photographer, David Bailey, bought several paintings by Lloyd and became a very good friend. When his book 'Goodbye Baby and Amen', an album of Bailey's portraits of celebrities of the 60's was published, Jim featured prominently.

Artist: James Lloyd

James LloydImage Head

$16,000

Image Head

By James Lloyd

Located in Napa, CA

"Metaphors, symbols, the material world, the collective unconscious and the spiritual realm generate the sources in which I investigate images for the viewer to interact with. Becaus...

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21st Century and Contemporary James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

James LloydSilent Head II

$16,000

Silent Head II

By James Lloyd

Located in Napa, CA

"Metaphors, symbols, the material world, the collective unconscious and the spiritual realm generate the sources in which I investigate images for the viewer to interact with. Becaus...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

James LloydSilent Head

$16,000

Silent Head

By James Lloyd

Located in Napa, CA

"Metaphors, symbols, the material world, the collective unconscious and the spiritual realm generate the sources in which I investigate images for the viewer to interact with. Becaus...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Gary Magakis 1Bronze Table I, unknown

$1,800

H 18 in W 14 in D 14 in

Bronze Table I

By Gary Magakis 1

Located in Dallas, TX

Bronze & Steel Table

Category

2010s Abstract James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

David Kimball AndersonBronze and Steel Sculpture by David Kimball Anderson 'Green Bottle Ochre Seeds', 2022

$2,400

H 16 in W 6 in D 5 in

Bronze and Steel Sculpture by David Kimball Anderson 'Green Bottle Ochre Seeds'

By David Kimball Anderson

Located in White Plains, NY

'Green Bottle Ochre Seeds' by David Kimball Anderson, 2022. Bronze, steel, and paint, 16 x 6 x 5 in. This sculpture features a square vase cast in bronze a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Harry BertoiaSpray, 1979 (year completed)

$25,500

H 37 in Dm 13 in

Spray

By Harry Bertoia

Located in Miami, FL

TECHNICAL INFORMATION Harry Bertoia Spray 1979 (year completed) Steel wire, bronze 37 h x 13 dia in. Sold with a certificate of authenticity from the Harry Bertoia Foundation and a...

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1970s Abstract James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

David ChamberlainA Cappella - large, contemporary, abstract, bronze and steel outdoor sculpture, 2024

$115,000

H 61 in W 61 in D 42 in

A Cappella - large, contemporary, abstract, bronze and steel outdoor sculpture

By David Chamberlain

Located in Bloomfield, ON

This lyrical and elegant contemporary sculpture is by David Chamberlain whose work is collected and admired around the world. Hand forged in patinated bronze and steel, the flowing c...

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2010s Abstract James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Gary Magakis 1Bronze Table II, unknown

$1,800

H 18 in W 14 in D 14 in

Bronze Table II

By Gary Magakis 1

Located in Dallas, TX

Bronze & Steel Table

Category

2010s Abstract James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Kevin Barrett"Rhapsody" by Kevin Barrett, Unique Abstract Metal Sculpture in Bronze, 2025

$75,000

H 65.5 in W 34 in D 20 in

"Rhapsody" by Kevin Barrett, Unique Abstract Metal Sculpture in Bronze

By Kevin Barrett

Located in New York, NY

"Rhapsody" by Kevin Barrett Indoor/outdoor sculpture in bronze. The sculpture is 65"h and rests on a 24"h stainless steel base. Kevin Barrett is noted for creating unique, rhythmic,...

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2010s Abstract Expressionist James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Bronze, Steel, Stainless Steel

Peter Brooke-BallVariation on a Theme II: Avoidance by Peter Brooke-Ball - Abstract sculpture, 2022

$3,033

H 9.06 in W 9.45 in D 9.45 in

Variation on a Theme II: Avoidance by Peter Brooke-Ball - Abstract sculpture

By Peter Brooke-Ball

Located in Paris, FR

Variation on a Theme II: Avoidance is a unique bronze, steel and oak wood sculpture by contemporary artist Peter Brooke-Ball, dimensions are 23 cm × 24 cm × 24 cm (9.1 × 9.4 × 9.4 in...

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2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Gary Magakis 1Bronze Table III, unknown

$1,800

H 18 in W 14 in D 14 in

Bronze Table III

By Gary Magakis 1

Located in Dallas, TX

Bronze & Steel Table

Category

2010s Abstract James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Frédérique DomergueTotems by Frédérique Domergue - Set of abstract metal sculptures, steel, bronze, 2022

$10,285

H 51.19 in W 38.98 in D 5.91 in

Totems by Frédérique Domergue - Set of abstract metal sculptures, steel, bronze

By Frédérique Domergue

Located in Paris, FR

Totems is a set of sculptures by French contemporary artist Frédérique Domergue. The sculptures are made with oxidized zinc and bronze leaves on aluminum, patina fixed with oak slats...

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2010s Abstract James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Martine DemalVibration n°2 by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, abstract, 2006

$8,228

H 24.02 in W 9.45 in D 4.73 in

Vibration n°2 by Martine Demal - Contemporary bronze sculpture, abstract

By Martine Demal

Located in Paris, FR

Vibration n°2 is a bronze sculpture by contemporary artist Martine Demal, dimensions including base (wood plinth, steel base) are 61 × 24 × 12 cm (24 × 9.4 × 4.7 in). The sculpture i...

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2010s Contemporary James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Foster Willey"Resonance" Bronze Female Nude Sculpture with Powder Coated Steel Base, 2008

$26,000

H 72 in W 29 in D 15 in

"Resonance" Bronze Female Nude Sculpture with Powder Coated Steel Base

Located in Detroit, MI

“Resonance” references Greek classical sculpture and modernist traditions. The female from is depicted as a fragment, introspective and animated. The surface of the sculpture is rich...

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Linda CunninghamLinda Cunningham, 'Urban Transformation', 2016, Bronze, Steel, 2016

$18,000

H 103 in W 36 in D 30 in

Linda Cunningham, 'Urban Transformation', 2016, Bronze, Steel

By Linda Cunningham

Located in Darien, CT

A graceful metal sculpture created from altered/ transformed materials, Urban Transformation, industrial steel against a craggy, textured, bark-like bronze elements. ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist James Lloyd Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze, Steel

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