Clement Meadmore b. 9 February 1929

  • Designer (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Well known as a sculptor, Meadmore began his career as a designer. His furniture was sold at Marion Hall Best’s showrooms and his lighting design shown at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics Arts Festival alongside the work of designers such as Grant Featherston. Meadmore ran Max Hutchinson's Gallery A, Melbourne, in the late 1950s. In 1963 he moved to New York, where he concentrated primarily on his work as a sculptor.
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associate of
Michael Hirst
1917
Designer (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
associate of
Marion Hall Best
1905
Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
associate of
Max Robinson
1934
Designer
associate of
Leonard French
1928
Artist (Glass & metal Artist / Designer), Artist (Painter), Designer (Theatre / Film Designer)
associate of
Ion Nicolades
Other occupation
employee of
Max Hutchinson
1925
Curator (Furniture Designer / Cabinetmaker)
associate of
Frances Burke
1929
Designer (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
associate of
Virginia Cuppaidge
1929
Artist (Painter)
associate of
George Kral
1929
Designer
Active in Gallery A programme
friend of
Horst Liepolt
1929
Curator, Artist (Painter)
associate of
Peter Upward
1929
Artist (Painter)
associate of
Margaret Worth
1929
Artist (Sculptor), Artist (Painter)

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References [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore (1959), made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1984), 'Some Other Dream. The Artist, the Art World and the Expatriate.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (1952), 'Architecture and Art'.>, <ExternalResource: (July 1953), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (April 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (1956), 'The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games', Olympic Organising Committee , Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1997), 'information supplied by Michael Hirst'.>, <ExternalResource: Chamberlain, Sheila (September 1994), '"The History of the Legend of Sindad Mural."', The Melburnian, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Grishin, Sasha (1995), 'Leonard French', Craftsman House.>, <ExternalResource: De Groen, Geoffrey (1984), '"Max Hutchinson." Some Other Dream.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (25 August 1959), 'Boyd Turner & Clement Meadmore.'', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1 January 1961), 'Advertisement appearing in "The Bauhaus. Aspects and Influence."', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Meadmore, Clement (1974), 'The Modern Chair', Van Nostrand Reinhold.>, <ExternalResource: (January 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore (1959), made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Nanette Carter. "Milk Bar Moderne." in Ann Stephen, et al. Modern Times. Melbourne Univ Publ. and Powerhouse Museum, 2008, pp.120-127 for illustrated account of Meadmore's Legend milk bar commission, Melbourne>] [<ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore (1959), made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: (1984), 'Some Other Dream. The Artist, the Art World and the Expatriate.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (1952), 'Architecture and Art'.>, <ExternalResource: (July 1953), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (April 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (June 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (1956), 'The Arts Festival of the Olympic Games', Olympic Organising Committee , Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1997), 'information supplied by Michael Hirst'.>, <ExternalResource: Chamberlain, Sheila (September 1994), '"The History of the Legend of Sindad Mural."', The Melburnian, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Grishin, Sasha (1995), 'Leonard French', Craftsman House.>, <ExternalResource: De Groen, Geoffrey (1984), '"Max Hutchinson." Some Other Dream.', Hale & Iremonger.>, <ExternalResource: (25 August 1959), 'Boyd Turner & Clement Meadmore.'', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: (1 January 1961), 'Advertisement appearing in "The Bauhaus. Aspects and Influence."', Gallery A, Melbourne, VIC.>, <ExternalResource: Meadmore, Clement (1974), 'The Modern Chair', Van Nostrand Reinhold.>, <ExternalResource: (January 1954), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: (September 1955), 'Architecture and Arts'.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '91/1326 Chair, 'Michael Hirst' Chair, plastic-coated steel, designed by Clement Meadmore (1959), made by Michael Hirst Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1959-1965', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>]