Peter Lowe (born 17 June 1938) is an English artist. He was born in

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at Victoria Park, Hackney. He studied at

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1954–60 where he was taught by

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and Kenneth Martin. Lowe's work is rational, abstract and geometric. In 1960 he constructed and exhibited his first relief and experimented with balanced transformable constructions. His work is mainly exhibited and appreciated in Europe where it is in many national collections, Vienna mumok Sammlung Dieter und Gertraud Bogner, Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi . In 1972 he cofounded Systems group. Since 1974 he has been a member of Arbeitskreis. The constructivist work of Peter Lowe is mentioned in

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's authoritative book of 2005, and an interview with him by the art historian Alan Fowler is given in the

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exhibition catalogue, 2008.

References

* * ''Dictionnaire de la Peinture Anglaise et Americaine'', Larousse 1991, * Grieve, Alastair ''Constructed Abstract Art in England After the Second World War: A Neglected Avant Garde'', Yale University Press. 2005. * Jonneke Jobse. De Stijl Continued. The Journal Structure (1958–1964) An Artists' Debate. 010 Publishers, Rotterdam 2005. * Fowler, Alan, essay and interview with Peter Lowe in exhibition catalogue 'A Rational Aesthetic', Southampton City Art Gallery, 2008 * Correspondences Modern Art and Universalism, Muzeum Sztuki 2012

External links

Official website
of the artist
The Cornelius Foundation
Waterhouse and Dodd art brokers. London W1.
Tate Gallery Collection
Fowler, Alan, essay Peter Lowe’s work, 2016 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Peter 1938 births English sculptors English male sculptors People from Hackney Central Living people Alumni of Goldsmiths, University of London British abstract artists Artists from London