Keith McCarter is a Scottish sculptor, with several works on public display.

Career

McCarter was born in Edinburgh in 1936 and studied at

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. He received an Andrew Grant Scholarship which allowed him to travel through Europe including Scandinavia, in 1960 and 1961. He then lived in America until 1963, working for

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as a designer. Returning to the UK, he was from 1964 to 1968 a visiting lecturer at

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. He is known for his abstract sculptural relief in concrete, ''Celestial'', which was commissioned by, and from 1969 to 2011 adorned the

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headquarters of,

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. As of December 2022, it was stored in a field in

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, while a new home for it was sought. As his career progressed, he switched from working in concrete to metal. Several of his works of

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are on display.

Personal life

McCarter's brother Graham also studied art, at Guildford Art College. In later like, McCarter became a full-time carer for his wife, Brenda. She died in 2022.

Works

References

External links

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