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John O’Connor (1913-2004) Lingley’s Field
John O’Connor – Lingley’s Field Biography John O’Connor busy career began in 1931 when at the age of eighteen he attended the Leicester School of Art. In 1933 he then went on to study at the Royal College of Art for a further four years, studying under John Nash and Eric Ravilious. His decorative approach to wood engraving and an […] -
John O’Connor (1913-2004) Field and Hedge in Frost
John O’Connor – Field and Hedge in Frost Statement Field and Hedge in Frost is the perfect example to the highly decorative almost lyrical approach to his art that came from Nash. The stillness of the scene is captured not only in the subject matter and subtleness of the frost but through O’Connor’s tender draftsman-ship. His delicate use of line […] -
Oliver O’Connor Barrett (1908-1987)
Biography Oliver O’Connor Barrett who is better known as Connor Barrett was a surrealist sculptor and artist who worked in New York and the UK. His most prolific period took place between 1940 and 1975. He studied at Faircroft College in England but was mainly self-taught as a sculptor and eventually became a member of the Sculptors’ Guild. Having moved […] -
Roderic Barrett (1920-2000) Round Table and Three Chairs
Biography Roderic Westwood Barrett was born in Colchester in Essex on the 8th of January 1920, the younger brother of the acclaimed sculptor Oliver O’Connor Barrett. Unlike his brother, who was mostly self-taught, Barrett began his artistic studies at the Central School of Art and Design in 1936 to 1940. There he learnt the craft of wood engraving under the […] -
John Addyman (1929-2006)
Biography John Addyman was a watercolourist, ceramicist and an influential art teacher in Colchester. A figure in the post-war generation of British artists, Addyman is seen as an heir of John Nash and the tradition of Welsh and East Anglican landscape painting. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire he first studied art at Wallasey School of Art (1945-49) and then specialised in […]
