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Christian Furr

Painter and portrait artist, Christian Furr was born in Heswall, Wirral in 1966. He became the youngest artist to have ever officially painted Queen Elizabeth II, when in 1995 – at the age of twenty eight – he was invited by the Queen to paint her portrait at Buckingham Palace. The work was commissioned by […]

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Jonathan-Gent

Jonathan Gent

Jonathan Gent was born in 1976 in the Northgate Arms a public house in Cheshire. Here he learned to drink and eat and draw. He studied very hard. Seldom slept. After studying at The Cheshire School of Art and The Edinburgh School of Art respectively, he then worked and lived between France and Los Angeles. […]

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Terry de Havilland

Dubbed “the rock and roll” cobbler, Terry de Havilland has been designing eye catching footwear since the end of the 50s having learnt the art of shoemaking from his parents who made show shoes for the Windmill Girls during the second world war. He first rose to fame in the 1970s when he opened his […]

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Ben-Johnson

Ben Johnson

Born Llandudno, Wales 1946. Studied Royal College of Art, London. Made Hon. Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects for contribution to the public’s understanding of contemporary architecture. Exhibited nationally and internationally. First UK solo exhibition ICA 1973. Represented by Fischer Fine Art 1973 until their closure in 1992. Works in public and private collections worldwide, […]

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David-Mach

David Mach

Born in Methil in Fife, Mach studied at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art from 1974-1979, followed by a post-graduate degree at the Royal College of Art, London from 1979-1982. Famed for his dramatic large scale collages, installations and sculptures, often made from assemblages of mass-produced objects; these can include magazines, coat hangers, car tyres […]

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Mike-McCartney

Mike McCartney

Mike McCartney (born Peter Michael McCartney; 7 January 1944), known professionally as Mike McGear, is a British performing artist and rock photographer and the younger brother of Paul McCartney. He attended the Liverpool Institute. He has published a limited edition book of photos he took spontaneously backstage at Live8. In 2005, McCartney premiered and exhibited […]

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Roger-McGough

Roger McGough

Born in Liverpool, Roger McGough is one of Britain’s best loved poets for both adults and children. The author of over 60 books, he rose to fame in the sixties with the Scaffold and with the publication of the ground-breaking collection The Mersey Sound (with Brian Patten and the late Adrian Henri) which has since […]

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Bruce Mclean

Bruce McLean (born 1944) is a Scottish performance artist and painter. McLean was born in Glasgow and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1961 to 1963, and at St Martin’s School of Art, London, from 1963 to 1966. At St Martin’s, McLean studied with Anthony Caro. In a reaction to the attitude of the […]

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Brendan-Neiland

Brendan Neiland

Brendan Neiland is one of Britains foremost and contemporary painters and printmakers represented in major museums and galleries worldwide including, in Britain, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Tate Gallery London, The Collections of the British Council and the Arts Council of Great Britain. He has created some of the most memorable images of modern […]

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