Whitford Fine Art

Eduardo Paolozzi was a Scottish artist and prominent influence on what became the Pop Art movement. He produced large-scale figurative sculptures, prints, and collages made from magazines and other found objects. “I like to make use of everything. I can't bear to throw things away—a nice wine bottle, a nice box,” he once said. “Sometimes I feel like a wizard in Toytown, transforming a bunch of carrots into pomegranates.” Born on March 7, 1924 in Leith, United Kingdom to Italian immigrants, he was sent to Fascist summer camps in Mussolini-era Italy as a boy. He was interned by the British government when Italy became involved in World War II, an experience which had a lasting impact on Paolozzi. He went on to study...