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Patrick Herbert George (28 July 1923 - 23 April 2016) was an English figurative and landscape painter who taught at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London for most of his career.
Early life
Patrick George was born in Wilmslow, Cheshire, on 28 July 1923. He was educated at The Downs School, Herefordshire, and Bryanston School. He studied at the Edinburgh College of Art (1941–42) followed by service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He was in a landing craft during the Normandy landings and later served in the Far East before being demobilised in 1946. He then studied at the Camberwell School of Art.[1]
Career
George taught at the Slade School of Fine Arts in London from 1949, part-time at first but later on a full time basis. He taught at the Nigerian College of Art in Zaria towards the end of the 1950s before returning to the Slade where he rose to become director of school and Slade Professor of Fine Arts from 1985 until his retirement in 1988.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Patrick George, artist – obituary. Daily Telegraph, 3 May 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
Further reading
- Lambirth, Andrew. (2014) Patrick George. Bristol: Sansom & Company. ISBN 9781908326478
External links
- Patrick George interviewed by Andrew Lambirth.
- http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/patrick-george-1151
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