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01753 642906 The son of Terry Frost, born in St Ives, Cornwall in 1951, he studied at the Cardiff College of Art. He has continued to work in West Penwith and exhibits regularly with the Newlyn Society of Artists. He has lectured at Falmouth School of Art, Canterbury School of Art, University of East London, and Anglia University. … Read more »
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Victor Vasarely (1908-1987)
Born in Hungary in 1908 an artist internationally renowned for his pioneering op-art works. After moving to Paris in 1930 Vasarely achieved success as a graphic designer and continued to develop his optical techniques. He designed murals mainly for buildings in France and designed the official spiral-shaped logo of the 20th Olympic games in Munich… Read more »
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham CBE (1907-2004)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham was one of the most influential modern British abstract artists. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 1937 and moved to St Ives in 1940 which was a turning point in her career. Her contemporaries were the likes of Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Leach and Ben Nicholson. She joined the Newlyn and St… Read more »
Albert Irvin OBE, RA (1922-2015)
The late Albert Irvin known for his amazingly vibrant and bold abstracts studied at Northampton School of Art followed by Goldsmiths College after World War ii, where he later returned to teach between 1962-3. He didn’t find real wide commercial success until the 1980s following a partnership with Advanced Graphics which saw take his bold style… Read more »
John Hoyland RA (1934-2011)
A graduate of the Royal College of Art who became one of Britain’s leading abstract artists in the 1960s. His work gained prominence following an exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1964 following which he earned a travel bursary to New York – where he was to meet the likes of Mark Rothko. He was… Read more »
Michael Heindorff (b1949)
German-born artist who studied at the Royal College of Art in London and has works in the Tate print collection. He has exhibited in London, Europe and New York, including at the Bernard Jacobsen gallery.
Alistair Grant (1925-1997)
Born in London in 1925 Grant spent his childhood in Etaples (his mother’s home town in Normandy) which was to provide an inspiration for many of his prints and paintings. He studied painting at the Birmingham College of Art (1941-3), moving to the Royal College of Art from 1947-51. Learnt painting under both Carel Weight… Read more »
Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003)
One of Britain’s most highly acclaimed artists of the Twentieth Century. His colourful prints and paintings, instantly recognisable, are synonymous with the St Ives movement. Frost started painting while a prisoner of war in Germany in WW2, encouraged by a fellow inmate, the Slade-trained painter Adrian Heath. On his return he studied at the St. Ives School of… Read more »
Charlotte Cornish (b1967)
Born in Cambridge in 1967, Cornish studied Printmaking at the University of Brighton (1986–90) and went on to study Fine Art at the Slade School, London in 1992. Her colourful, abstract works, combining the qualities of etching and silkscreen printing, are influenced by her travels. Charlotte now lives and works in East Anglia.
Henry Cliffe (1919-1983)
Painter, printmaker and teacher, who enrolled in 1946 as a student at the Bath Academy of Art where he was to later teach alongside William Scott, Peter Lanyon, Terry Frost, Bryan Winter, Howard Hodgkin and Adrian Heath. He was chosen for the British Pavilion at the 1954 Venice Biennale with Ben Nicholson, Francis Bacon and Lucien… Read more »
Neil Canning (b1960)
A leading contemporary British abstract artist based in Cornwall, his vibrant paintings and prints appear in numerous private, public and corporate collections. The youngest ever artist to be elected an Associate of the Royal Society of British Artists. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition, the Paris Salon and the National Portrait gallery.
Sandra Blow (1921-2006)
Sandra Blow was born in London in 1921. Between 1941 and 1946, she studied at St. Martin’s School of Art as a figurative artist andthen attended the Royal Academy (1946-1947) where she trained as an abstract painter, before enrolling at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome (1947-1948). Between 1957 and 1958 Blow worked in… Read more »
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