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01753 642906 An influential British artist and printmaker who set up the Circle Press in 1967 which published many artists’ books. Born in Brazil but sent to England in 1945 he earned a place to study at Chelsea School of Art in 1951, where he was later to win a scholarship for his painting and several awards. He emigrated to Canada… Read more »
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Piers Browne b1949
Born in Shropshire, trained at the Byam Shaw School of Art, followed by further studies at The Royal Academy Schools, where he won the David Murray Landscape prize both in 1974 & 1975. During this time Piers also honed his printmaking skills at the Islington Studio, a professional print-making workshop where he was taught by one of… Read more »
Robyn Denny (1930-2014)
One of a group of young artists who transformed British art in the late 1950s, leading it into the international mainstream. Reacting against the mainstream St Ives School of landscape-based painting and inspired by Abstract Expressionism, American films, popular culture and urban modernity, they saw abstract painting as their only conceivable route. Denny studied at… Read more »
Michael Challenger (b1939)
Michael Challenger was born in Kent in 1939. Between 1960-64 he studied at Goldsmiths’ College, London, and then at the Slade School of Art, London, between 1964-66. He then went on to teach at Goldsmith’s from 1968-70 before returning to Slade as a tutor from 1970-72. From the late 1960s Challenger showed his hard-edge geometric prints,… Read more »
John McLean (b1939)
Abstract expressionist painter and printmaker. Born in Liverpool, to Scottish parents, he studied at St Andrews University, 1957–62, then did postgraduate work in art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 1963–6. He was mainly self-taught as a painter. For most of his career he has lived in London, where he has taught at… Read more »
Victor Pasmore RA, CH, CBE (1908-88)
Arguably the most influential British abstract artist, Pasmore studied at the Central School of Art and was part of the first post-war exhibition of abstract art. Pasmore was a leading figure in the promotion of abstract art and reform of the fine art education system. From 1943–1949, he taught at Camberwell where one of his students… Read more »
David McMillan (b1945)
Painter, printmaker and lecturer who studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art, graduating with an MA in Fine Art in 1968. After graduating he spent 4 years teaching art history in New Zealand at the University of Auckland, before returning to the UK to lecture for the Open University. A versatile artist who… Read more »
Heidi Konig (b1964)
Konig was born in Germany but studied at Brighton and Slade Schools of Art. She works on her prints in a very spontaneous way, using the etching plate as a drawing board, and then colouring every print by hand with many of the key details being added after they have been through the press. She… Read more »
Basil Beattie RA (b1935
Painter and printmaker known for his evocative and expressive abstract works in earthy colours. Trained at West Hartlepool College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools (1957–61). He taught at Goldsmith’s College in the 1980s and 90s. Beattie has twice been shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize and once for the Charles Wollaston Award. He was… Read more »
Paul Insect (b1971)
British urban artist whose first solo show at Lazarides Gallery was famously bought out by Damian Hirst days before it opened. Insect studied graphic design at Hastings and Salisbury art colleges and also goes by the name of PINS. He has exhibited some of the most provocative works in recent memory and is well established as… Read more »
Paul Huxley ARA (b1938)
Studied at Harrow School of Art and Royal Academy Schools. He was trustee of Tate Gallery 1975-82 and appointed Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art in 1986. Elected ARA in 1987. He has had many solo shows in London and New York and has work in the Tate and other public and… Read more »
Jeffery Edwards (b1945)
Trained at the Leeds and Royal College of Art where he won the MA Prize for Printmaking. He showed at the Venice Biennale in 1970 and has exhibited widely in Europe and the USA ever since. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Art & Design at Chelsea School of Art in 1998 and has works… Read more »
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