Negev VIII Inscription

Derrick Greaves (1927 - )

Acrylic and collage on canvas

1979-1980

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Ivory Coast
    City: Abidjan
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    Born in Sheffield in 1927, Derrick Greaves was an apprentice sign writer before studying at the RCA (1948-52). As a student, his work was included in the seminal Young Contemporaries exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in 1952, followed by his first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London in 1953. From the mid 1950s to 60s he taught at St Martin’s School of Art in London and exhibited widely. He represented Britain at the 1956 Venice Biennale. In 1983 Greaves was appointed Head of Printmaking at the Norwich School of Art, a position he held until 1991. As a painter and printmaker, he produces bold, colourful images, often using line, of an iconic and witty nature.
  • Explore
    Places
    Middle East, Israel, Negev
    Subjects
    abstract
    Materials & Techniques
    acrylic (paint), canvas, collage, acrylic painting
  • Details
    Artist
    Derrick Greaves (1927 - )
    Title
    Negev VIII Inscription
    Date
    1979-1980
    Medium
    Acrylic and collage on canvas
    Dimensions
    height: 51.50 cm, width: 148.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Mall Galleries (Federation of British Artists), June 1981
    GAC number
    15208