Staithes Group Art
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Modern British Artists
Gordon Bryce RSA b. 1943
Gordon Bryce was born in Edinburgh and studied at the City's College of Art, 1960 - 65 and won several awards including the Scottish Arts Council Award. From 1968 he has been a lecturer in printmaking at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen. He has had many solo shows at prestigious galleries in the USA and Britain. Examples of his work are in many important public collections including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish Arts Council.
Arthur Kitching 1912-1977
Arthur Kitching was born in Sheffield and began painting at the age of eighteen. He studied at the City's School of Art for just a year and then spent the next twenty years painting for six months and then working at any job he could find for six months. In 1950 he started work with Essex County Council as an artist and exhibition arranger and compiled two books of drawings. He returned to Yorkshire to become the first curator of Ilkley Museum and Art Gallery, an art teacher and, after he retired, became Exhibitions Officer for Bradford Metropolitan Council. He exhibited regularly in Yorkshire in his unmistakable, vibrant style.
Margaret Geddes b. 1914
Margaret Geeds was born in Cheam and studied at Westminster School of Art. She was elected a member of the Artists' International Association, of the National Society of Painters, Sculptors, Gravers/Printmakers and of the Women's International Art Club. She exhibited with the London Group, New English Art Club, the Redfearn Gallery and the Royal Academy. She moved from figuarative to abstract work.
Leslie Marr b.1922
Leslie Marr was born in Durham City and started painting in Palestine during WW2. After the war he was taught by David Bomberg at the Borough Polytechnic. He became a member and Secretary of the Borough Group, created by Bomberg in 1949, and took part in many of its exhibitions. He married Bomberg's step-daughter, Dinora Mendelson. He has exhibited extensively, including at the R.A., and now lives on the Isle of Arran.
Richard Marshall (1944 - 2006)
Richard Marshall gained his B.A. in Fine Art at Sunderland Art college in 1966 followed by a two year postgraduate course at the Slade School of Art. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute, Cambridge University, University College London, provincially and in Australia. We have handled his work for many years and are delighted with his new range of beach scenes which he is painting exclusively for ourselves. Favourite subjects include Scarborough, Whitby, Staithes, Robin Hoods Bay, Runswick and Bamburgh often with children playing and with donkeys.
Richard died in September 2006 and is missed very much. CLICK ON his name above to see these, amongst the last of his pictures that are available.
Ann Oram RSA b.1956
Scottish artist Ann Oram studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1976 - 82 and then taught there for two years before spending a further two years in Spain. She returned to teach part time in Edinburgh in 1991 having spent some time as a visiting lecturer at Newcastle Polytechnic. She has won numerous awards, including the May Marshall Brown Award at the RSW. An exceptionally good colourist, she prefers to work in watercolour. Her work is in many public and corporate collections.
Angus Rands PS 1922 - 1985
Len Tabner b. 1946
Former winner of the Sunday Times/Singer and Freidlander watercolour prize, Len Tabner trained in Middlesbrough, Bath and Reading. He generally paints very freely in watercolour on a large scale and is particularly well known for his depiction of seas and of industrial scenes. He lives at Boulby, close to Staithes.
Christopher P. Wood b. 1961
Christopher Wood was born in Leeds and studied graphic design at the City's College of Art and then at Chelsea College of Art. He is fascinated by both the visual impact and the geology of the Yorkshire landscape which influence his paintings. He exhibits regularly in London and the provinces and has work in the collections of Leeds, Oldham and Preston Art Galleries and the Mercer Gallery, Harrogate and of private and corporate collections.
Owen Yarwood 1912-1993
Owen Yarwood was born in Rishton in Lancashire and studied at cceington College of Art and then at the Royal College of Art. He studied painting and decorating and interior design and won many awards in this area of his work. He was also a mural painter, producing them for many public buildings in Britain and abroad. He was a lecturer at Cleveland College of Art and Design.
Staithes Group Art
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Modern British Artists
