Balloon Race, Clipston

David Tindle (1932 - )

Egg tempera on board

1980-1981

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Ireland
    City: Dublin
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    David Tindle was born in Huddersfield. He studied at Coventry School of Art and later taught at Hornsey School of Art, and the Byam Shaw School of Painting. During 1972 –1983, he was Visiting Tutor at the Royal College of Art (RCA). He was later made a Fellow of the RCA in 1981 and Honorary Fellow in 1984. In the 1980s, Tindle was elected as a Royal Academician and took up the position of Ruskin Master of Drawing and Fellow of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford (1985–1987). He has exhibited his work regularly in London, and in numerous group exhibitions abroad including shows in Paris and Montreal. He has produced several portrait commissions, most notably of Dirk Bogarde (1986) and of Lord Sainsbury (1990). His work is represented in many public collections most notably Tate, London; National Portrait Gallery, London; Bradford City Art Gallery; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; and Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester. Tindle lives and works in Lucca, Italy.
  • Explore
    Places
    England, Clipston, Northamptonshire
    Subjects
    hot-air balloon, sport, topography, apple, tree, binoculars, coat, sandal, garden, window, domestic interior
    Materials & Techniques
    board, egg tempera, tempera painting
  • Details
    Artist
    David Tindle (1932 - )
    Title
    Balloon Race, Clipston
    Date
    1980-1981
    Medium
    Egg tempera on board
    Dimensions
    height: 122.00 cm, width: 91.50 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Piccadilly Gallery, February 1990
    Inscription
    signed and dated verso
    GAC number
    16725