ARTISTS’ OBITUARIES, 2015

Obituaries of artists from, or closely associated with, the British Isles

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Ivor Adams • Charles Bartlett • Moira Beaty • Denis Bishop • William Bowyer • John Busby • Roger Cecil • Robert Clatworthy • Ron Costley • Alfred Daniels • Ray Exworth • Catherine Fried • Moira Gemmill • Sheila Girling • James Gowan • Rigby Graham • Michael Graves • Martin Honeysett • John “Hoppy” Hopkins • John Hopwood • Albert Irvin • Ron Jones • Mike King • Jack Knox • Doug Luke • Sargy Mann • Steve Mills • Richard Morris • Cavendish Morton • Robin Page • Felicity Powell • Gwilym Prichard • Noreen Rice • Nicola Russell • Brian Sewell • Peter Sisam • Katharine Talati • Janet Turner • Derek Walker • Fritz Wegner • Marion Whybrow • Paul Woodrow

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MIKE KING: Guardian, SJA, Telegraph (top)

2001 Grand National

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MARION WHYBROW: Guardian (top)

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PAUL WOODROW: Guardian (top)

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BRIAN SEWELL: Art Newspaper, BBC, Guardian 1, Guardian 2, Telegraph (top)

Photo: David Levenson

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JAMES GOWAN: Architects’ Journal, Guardian, Telegraph (top)

"Structural feats and forceful geometries. Stirling and Gowan’s Engineering Building represented a shift from the functionalist doctrines of the postwar period." Photograph: Alamy — “Structural feats and forceful geometries. Stirling and Gowan’s Engineering Building represented a shift from the functionalist doctrines of the postwar period.” Photograph: Alamy

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ALFRED DANIELS: Guardian (top)

Lost London Bridge, by Alfred Daniels

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JOHN BUSBY: Guardian, Scotsman (top)

Gannets by John Busby

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NOREEN RICE: Independent (top)

"Her works hang in collections from Tokyo to the United Nations in New York" — “Her works hang in collections from Tokyo to the United Nations in New York”

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PETER SISAM: Guardian (top)

"In the late 1950s Peter Sisam gave technical and logistical support in making the first all-African colour feature film, Freedom" — “In the late 1950s Peter Sisam gave technical and logistical support in making the first all-African colour feature film, Freedom”

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GWILYM PRICHARD: BBC Guardian Wales Online (top)

Above Rhostryfan, oil on canvas, 1982. Photograph: Harry Heuser

INDEPENDENT 22 September 2013

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IVOR ADAMS: Telegraph (top)

Ivor Adams with one of his owl sculptures

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CHARLES BARTLETT: Guardian (top)

Photograph: Emma Mason

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MOIRA BEATY: Guardian (top)

"Moira Beaty signed the Official Secrets Act in 1942 and did not talk about her work at Bletchley Park until the late 1980s. She went on to become a highly regarded artist and teacher" — “Moira Beaty signed the Official Secrets Act in 1942 and did not talk about her work at Bletchley Park until the late 1980s. She went on to become a highly regarded artist and teacher”

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DENIS BISHOP: Independent (top)

"A versatile and flexible illustrator, he had extensive hands-on experience gained from working as creative head of several advertising agencies" — “A versatile and flexible illustrator, he had extensive hands-on experience gained from working as creative head of several advertising agencies”

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WILLIAM BOWYER: Guardian (top)

The Thames, by William Bowyer

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ROGER CECIL: Guardian (top)

Photograph: Bernard Mitchell

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ROBERT CLATWORTHY: Guardian Telegraph (top)

Robert Clatworthy in 1986 with one of his Horseman and Eagle sculptures. Photograph: Jane Bown

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RON COSTLEY: Guardian (top)

Ron Costley applied his penmanship to his Christmas cards, which took familiar quotations or poems and transformed them with elegant hand lettering — “Ron Costley applied his penmanship to his Christmas cards, which took familiar quotations or poems and transformed them with elegant hand lettering”

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RAY EXWORTH: Guardian (top)

Since 1975, Ray Exworth’s works have rarely been seen outside Cornwall, his adopted home. Photograph: Chris Chapman — “Since 1975, Ray Exworth’s works have rarely been seen outside Cornwall, his adopted home.” Photograph: Chris Chapman

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CATHERINE FRIED: Guardian (top)

“Catherine Fried went in 1960 to Paris, where she lived in the famous Beat Hotel on the Rive Gauche.” Photograph: The Guardian

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MOIRA GEMMILL: Guardian Telegraph (top)

Moira Gemmill loved design for its own sake, but also believed that it served a public purpose. Photograph: Graham Jepson/PA — “Moira Gemmill loved design for its own sake, but also believed that it served a public purpose.” Photograph: Graham Jepson/PA

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SHEILA GIRLING: Guardian Independent Telegraph (top)

Beyond a Dream, 1992, by Sheila Girling. Photograph: Bolton and Quinn

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RIGBY GRAHAM: Guardian Telegraph (top)

Brighton Pier, woodcut, 1988, by Rigby Graham. Courtesy of Goldmark Gallery

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MICHAEL GRAVES: Guardian Independent Telegraph (top)

The Portland Building in Oregon. Photograph: Alamy

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MARTIN HONEYSETT: Independent Telegraph (top)

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JOHN ‘HOPPY’ HOPKINS: Telegraph (top)

John 'Hoppy' Hopkins in 1968. Photo: Hulton Archive — John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins in 1968. Photo: Hulton Archive

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JOHN HOPWOOD: Guardian (top)

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ALBERT IRVIN: Guardian Independent Telegraph (top)

Albert Irvin in his studio in 2010. Photograph: Joe Hage/Gimpel Fils

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RON JONES: Guardian (top)

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JACK KNOX: Guardian (top)

Self-portrait, c. 1986

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DOUG LUKE: Independent (top)

"Luke had his work cut out for him when it came to photographing a live alligator and Lady Penelope together" — “Luke had his work cut out for him when it came to photographing a live alligator and Lady Penelope together”

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SARGY MANN: Guardian Telegraph (top)

Sargy Mann said that the paintings he did after losing his sight were better than his earlier works. Photograph: Cadogan Contemporary — “Sargy Mann said that the paintings he did after losing his sight were better than his earlier works.” Photograph: Cadogan Contemporary

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STEVE MILLS: Guardian (top)

Steve Mills, potter and designer of a simple wood-fired kiln. Photograph: Jo Bowden

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RICHARD MORRIS: Guardian (top)

Richard Morris based his own course on English Gothic architecture around a series of weekly visits to cathedrals and parish churches — “Richard Morris based his own course on English Gothic architecture around a series of weekly visits to cathedrals and parish churches”

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CAVENDISH MORTON: Independent Telegraph (top)

Morton's oil painting 'Estuary View' (Island Fine Arts) — Morton’s oil painting ‘Estuary View’ (Island Fine Arts)

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ROBIN PAGE: Guardian (top)

Robin Page: Protest Song, 1973, "conceived in response to nuclear testing" — Robin Page: Protest Song, 1973, “conceived in response to nuclear testing”

“Ẇ hz hymr nvr rplest sirı̣sṇs az ɖ most rspctbl culčṛl atityd?”

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FELICITY POWELL: Guardian (top)

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NICOLA RUSSELL: Guardian (top)

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KATHARINE TALATI: Guardian (top)

Painting by Katherine Talati of a celestial beauty, 1946

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JANET TURNER: Guardian AJ (top)

The 2000 RIBA Stirling prizewinning Peckham Library by Alsop Architects, with lighting design by Janet Turner. Photograph: Roderick Coyne

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DEREK WALKER: Architects’ Journal Guardian Telegraph (top)

“Derek Walker’s designs for Milton Keynes combined an infrastructure grid with Capability Brown’s pastoral principles.” Photograph: APS/Alamy

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FRITZ WEGNER: Guardian Telegraph (top)

Fritz Wegner’s back cover illustration for André Maurois’s Fattypuffs and Thinifers

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