Inlander, Henry

Inlander, Henry

1925 – 1983

Henry Inlander was born in Vienne, Austria in 1925. He was taken to Trieste, Italy where he studied at school from 1935 till 1938. Henry arrived in England in 1938 and went to Saint Martin’s School of Art in 1939-1941 and the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts after the Second World War in 1945 -1946. Inlander attended the Slade School of Fine Art in 1949-1952 where his teachers were William Coldstream (1908-1987) and Victor Pasmore ( 1908-1998). Upon graduation, Henry won a summer composition prize and was awarded a Rome scholarship as one of the most promising students of his generation which allowed him to travel and live in Italy again.

Inlander had his first solo show at Galleria ‘La Tartaruga’ in Rome in 1953 where he was an Art Adviser for British School in 1955-1956. He won a prestigious Daily Express Young Artist Prize in 1955 and had his first personal show in London shortly after. In 1958 Henry won the Sicilian Premio Acitrezza. His mountainous landscapes were prised by the general public, critics and fellow artists. Erich Fried, one of the most important Austrian poets of the 20th century found lightness of William Turner ( 1775-1851), expressiveness of feelings of Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) and vitality and creativity of Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) in his paintings. Inlander stayed in the USA and Canada after been awarded the Harkness Commonwealth Fellowship in 1960. Upon return to Britain Henry became the Head of Painting of the Camberwell School of Art and pursued a successful career as an artist. The works of Henry Inlander were acquired by major public museums and collections including the Tate, the Contemporary Art Society, University College, the Arts Council of Great Britain in London, Scottish National Gallery of Art in Edinburgh, Aberdeen Art Gallery in Scotland, National Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide, National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and are present in many important private collections in Europe and the United States.