David Inshaw

The Badminton Game, 1972-73, by David Inshaw (details).
The Rucksack (Anticipation), 1994-95, by David Inshaw (details).
Pussy Willow, 1998-2004, by David Inshaw (details).
Storm over Silbury Hill, 2008, by David Inshaw (details).

David Inshaw (born 21 March 1943 in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England) is a British artist who sprang to public attention in 1973 when his painting The Badminton Game was exhibited at the ICA Summer Studio exhibition in London.[1] The painting was subsequently acquired by the Tate Gallery [2] and is one of several paintings from the 1970s that won him critical acclaim and a wide audience. Others include The Raven, Our days were a joy and our paths through flowers, She did not turn, The Cricket Game and Presentiment.

Career

David Inshaw studied at Beckenham School of Art in 1959–63 and the Royal Academy Schools in 1963-66. A teaching post at the West of England College of Art, Bristol, in 1966–75 was followed by a two-year fellowship in Creative Art at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1975–77. Inshaw moved to Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1971 and formed the Broadheath Brotherhood with Graham and Ann Arnold in 1972. The three artists were joined by Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, and Graham and Annie Ovenden in 1975, when the group was renamed the Brotherhood of Ruralists. The Ruralists exhibited together for the first time at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1976, and Inshaw left the group seven years later, in 1983. He moved to Clyro near Hay-on-Wye in 1989 but returned to Devizes in 1995 and has lived there since then.[3][4]

Inshaw's paintings are held in many private and public collections, including the Arts Council of Great Britain, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, the British Council, the Royal West of England Academy, Tate Britain and Wiltshire Museum.

A major book on Inshaw's life and work was published in 2010,[5] the David Inshaw website and on-line gallery was launched in 2011, and Inshaw was made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Durham University in 2012.[6] An exhibition of new paintings and The Badminton Game (on loan from Tate Britain) was held at the Fine Art Society, London, in 2013 [7][8][9] with a second exhibition in 2015 to coincide with an updated edition of Andrew Lambirth's book on the artist.[10][11]

Selected exhibitions

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Edward Lucie-Smith. 'New British Realists.' In: The Sunday Times Colour Supplement, 14 October 1973.
  2. ↑ The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions. Tate Gallery, London, 1984, p.143.
  3. ↑ Dominic Lutyens. 'Ruralist's Retreat.' In: The Telegraph Magazine, 4 October 2008, pp.86-91.
  4. ↑ Tristan Pollard. 'David Inshaw: Rural Dreamer.' In: Art Magazine, Winter 2010, pp.21-24.
  5. ↑ Andrew Lambirth. David Inshaw: Between Fantasy and Reality. Tabretts Fine Art, 2010.
  6. ↑ Durham University News, 26 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Robert Upstone. 'David Inshaw in Conversation'. The Huffington Post, 24 September 2012.
  8. ↑ Andrew Lambirth. 'David Inshaw: The Great Romantic'., The Spectator, 2 March 2013, pp.42-43.
  9. ↑ Robert Upstone. 'David Inshaw: The Greatest Living Proponent of the English Romantic Tradition'., The Huffington Post, 13 April 2013.
  10. ↑ Andrew Lambirth. David Inshaw. Unicorn Press, 2015.
  11. ↑ Andrew Lambirth. Another England: How David Inshaw Changed the Landscape of Art. The Guardian, 2 October 2015.
  12. ↑ David Inshaw. Academy Editions, London, 1978.
  13. ↑ Christopher Neve. 'One moment one summer'. In: Country Life, 4 October 1984.
  14. ↑ Martin Postle. 'The Badminton Game.' In: Art of the Garden, Tate Publishing, London, 2004, pp.122-23.
  15. ↑ Rachel Campbell-Johnston. 'Pastoral Magical.' In: The Times, 25 September 2004, pp.18-19.
  16. ↑ Paintings by David Inshaw. The Fine Art Society, London, 17 April - 11 May 2013.
  17. ↑ David Inshaw: Recent Paintings. Sladers Yard, West Bay, Dorset, 28 September - 17 November 2013.
  18. ↑ David Inshaw: New Paintings. The Fine Art Society, London, 16 September - 1 October 2015.

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