School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Alistair Grant

Born: 1925, UK, England, London   Died: 1997

Painter and printmaker. Grew up in Normandy. Studied at Birmingham College of Art, 1941-43, before serving in Egypt for the RAF in the Second World War, 1943-47. On his return he studied at the Royal College of Art, 1947-50. He then taught at St Martin's and Hammersmith Schools of Art before obtaining a post at the Royal College of Art, 1955-90, where he was appointed Professor of Printmaking in 1984. He exhibited through the Redfern, St Georges and Zwemmer Galleries during the 1950s. He produced gouaches, etchings, screenprints, monotypes and lithographs of colourful abstracts, often inspired by visits to the Normandy coastline

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

High Tide, Etaples OP267 Oil Paintings

Crocodile of School Children PR5144 Prints

Honfleur PR1900 Prints

[Mediterranean harbour] PR5145 Prints




 
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