Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Established by Rod Taylor in 1984, the scheme placed an artist, with their own studio space, into every school in Wigan. From there they would work on their own art, exhibit and teach. [ 9 ] The studio space Murphy used from 1986 to 1987 at the Tyldesley County Primary (TCP) School subsequently became the ‘Murphy Room’ - a permanent gallery ...
Rego was born on 26 January 1935 in Lisbon, Portugal. [4] [5] Her father was an electrical engineer who worked for the Marconi Company and was ardently anti-fascist.[6] [7] Her mother was a competent artist but, as a conventional Portuguese woman from the early 20th century, gave her daughter no encouragement towards a career, even though she began drawing at age 4. [8]
From 1976 to 1979 Jones studied at the Camberwell School of Art and then at the Royal College of Arts from 1979 until 1982. [4] In 1982 she won the Prix de Rome prize which allowed her to study at the British School in Rome for two years. [ 3 ]
Lucy Sparrow (born 8 July 1986) [1] [2] is a contemporary artist originating from Bath, England. She works at the intersection of contemporary art and craft setting the agenda for textiles within the urban art scene. She works mainly with felt and wool, creating life-sized replicas in addition to oversized soft versions of existing objects. [3]
Jim Dine (born June 16, 1935) is an American artist. Dine's work includes painting, drawing, printmaking (in many forms including lithographs, etchings, gravure, intaglio, woodcuts, letterpress and linocuts), [1] sculpture and photography; his early works encompassed assemblage and happenings, while in recent years his poetry output, both in publications and readings, has increased.
Yinka Ilori MBE (born April 1987) is a British artist and designer known for his bold use of bright colours and playful designs for furniture and public spaces. [1] [2] [3] His work includes architecture, interior design, graphic design, textiles, sculpture, and furniture. [4]
Born 30 January 1920 at Headingley, Leeds in Yorkshire, Patrick Heron was the eldest child of Thomas Milner Heron and Eulalie Mabel (née Davies). [8] When Patrick Heron was five and his brother Michael (later known as Dom Benedict [9]) was 4 the family moved to Cornwall, where Tom joined Alec Walker at Cryséde to manage and expand the business from artist-designed woodblock prints on silk to ...
John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (13 December 1903 – 28 June 1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. . His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen prints, photography, fabrics and cerami