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Peter Coker – Earthenware Pot
Peter Coker Earthenware Pot -
Peter Coker – Abstract Design
Peter Coker Abstract Design -
Peter Coker – Paint Study
Peter Coker Paint Study -
Peter Godfey Coker (1926-2004) Malham Night
Biography Peter Godfrey Coker was born in 1926, the son of a businessman. He was brought up in Leytonstone where he acquired a love for music from his mother and engraving from his maternal grandmother. His artistic career began at St Martin’s School of Art where he studied between 1941 and 1943, before being interrupted by three years’ in the […] -
Peter Godfey Coker
Biography Peter Godfrey Coker was born in 1926, the son of a businessman. He was brought up in Leytonstone where he acquired a love for music from his mother and engraving from his maternal grandmother. His artistic career began at St Martin’s School of Art where he studied between 1941 and 1943, before being interrupted by three years’ in the […] -
Clare Iles (2020) Totems
Clare Iles Totems In response to Peter Coker’s ‘French Red and Blue’ 2020 30x64x7cm -
Simon Carter
Simon Carter, a professional artist living on the Essex coast near Frinton-on-Sea, was appointed to the board of the Victor Batte-Lay Foundation in 2019. Simon was born and raised on the Essex coast and went to secondary school and foundation course in Colchester. He has had a life-long relationship with The Minories, as a child being taken there by his […] -
New Acquisitions, on show at the Minories
Portraits by Denis Wirth Miller, never seen before in public, are on show at The Minories, Colchester, during May. They are part of an exhibition of new acquisitions by the Victor Batte Lay Foundation which features work by a wide range of regional artists, including Richard Bawden, Simon Carter, Henry Collins, James Dodds and Ian Hay, as well as several watercolours […] -
Celebrating 60 Years of The Minories!
Celebrating 60 Years of The Minories! This exhibition is drawn from the collections of Colchester Art Society and the Victor Battle Lay Foundation. It concentrates on artists who were prominent during the early years of establishing The Minories as a leading gallery. Artists featured will include John Nash, Edward Bawden, Nigel Henderson, Henry Collins, Joyce Pallot, Roderic Barrett, Peter […] -
Exhibition of The Victor Batte-Lay Collection
Great News! A selection of artworks from our collection will be on display at Layer Marney Tower. The exhibition will be opening on Friday 18th August. Please find more information about the event below, you are all welcome to join us. The Victor Batte-Lay Foundation and all at Layer Marney Tower are delighted to invite you to the Launch of an Exhibition of […]
