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1909 - 1992 England. Known for: Abstract landscape, portrait, still life, buildings, painting, ink and printmaking.
Rupert Norman Shephard (1909 - 1992) . Shephard was educated at Repton College, and then at the illustrious Slade School of Fine Art run by the legendary Professor Henry Tonks. Tonk’s teaching bred a... Read full biography
Rupert Norman Shephard (1909 - 1992) . Shephard was educated at Repton College, and then at the illustrious Slade School of Fine Art run by the legendary Professor Henry Tonks. Tonk’s teaching bred a formidable tenacity in his students, and a diversity of approach which was apparent throughout... Read full biography
Rupert Norman Shephard (1909 - 1992) . Shephard was educated at Repton College, and then at the illustrious Slade School of Fine Art run by the legendary Professor Henry Tonks. Tonk’s teaching bred a formidable tenacity in his students, and a diversity of approach which was apparent throughout Shephard’s career. The meticulous draftmanship insisted on by Tonks stood his pupils in good stead, and two of Shephard’s contemporaries, Coldstream and Rodgers, with whom he shared more than one... Read full biography
Rupert Norman Shephard (1909 - 1992) . Shephard was educated at Repton College, and then at the illustrious Slade School of Fine Art run by the legendary Professor Henry Tonks. Tonk’s teaching bred a formidable tenacity in his students, and a diversity of approach which was apparent throughout Shephard’s career. The meticulous draftmanship insisted on by Tonks stood his pupils in good stead, and two of Shephard’s contemporaries, Coldstream and Rodgers, with whom he shared more than one group-show, founded the Euston Road School of Drawing and Painting in 1937. As Marian Barbour commented, “While Shephard’s early work was bleakly linear, in the late 1930s and 1940s this gave way to the more painterly style, cool and tonal in the Euston Road... Read full biography
Rupert Norman Shephard (1909 - 1992) . Shephard was educated at Repton College, and then at the illustrious Slade School of Fine Art run by the legendary Professor Henry Tonks. Tonk’s teaching bred a formidable tenacity in his students, and a diversity of approach which was apparent throughout Shephard’s career. The meticulous draftmanship insisted on by Tonks stood his pupils in good stead, and two of Shephard’s contemporaries, Coldstream and Rodgers, with whom he shared more than one group-show, founded the Euston Road School of Drawing and Painting in 1937. As Marian Barbour commented, “While Shephard’s early work was bleakly linear, in the late 1930s and 1940s this gave way to the more painterly style, cool and tonal in the Euston Road tradition that derived from Sickert.” (Obituary, The Guardian, 21 March 1992). It was at the Slade that Shephard... Read full biography
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