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Bernard Myers BIOGRAPHY
1925 - 2007. Known for: Painting.
Bernard Myers trained at St Martin`s School of Art from 1947 to 1949, and Camberwell from 1949 to 1951. Myers entered the Royal College of Art in the Festival of Britain year. His fellow students... Read full biography
Bernard Myers trained at St Martin`s School of Art from 1947 to 1949, and Camberwell from 1949 to 1951. Myers entered the Royal College of Art in the Festival of Britain year. His fellow students included John Bratby, Jack Smith, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff. Myers became Tutor, Senior Tutor and... Read full biography
Bernard Myers trained at St Martin`s School of Art from 1947 to 1949, and Camberwell from 1949 to 1951. Myers entered the Royal College of Art in the Festival of Britain year. His fellow students included John Bratby, Jack Smith, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff. Myers became Tutor, Senior Tutor and Professor at the Royal College of Art between 1961 and 1980. James Dyson records Bernard Myers as "A cheerful, irrepressible, rather dapper teacher with a tweed suit and bow-tie, looking like someone... Read full biography
Bernard Myers trained at St Martin`s School of Art from 1947 to 1949, and Camberwell from 1949 to 1951. Myers entered the Royal College of Art in the Festival of Britain year. His fellow students included John Bratby, Jack Smith, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff. Myers became Tutor, Senior Tutor and Professor at the Royal College of Art between 1961 and 1980. James Dyson records Bernard Myers as "A cheerful, irrepressible, rather dapper teacher with a tweed suit and bow-tie, looking like someone from a 1950s television panel, such as The Brains Trust". Christopher Frayling writes: 'Myers was unusually versatile too, combining as he did the fine arts and the practical arts of design. Ever since his student days, he had practiced as a painter... Read full biography
Bernard Myers trained at St Martin`s School of Art from 1947 to 1949, and Camberwell from 1949 to 1951. Myers entered the Royal College of Art in the Festival of Britain year. His fellow students included John Bratby, Jack Smith, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff. Myers became Tutor, Senior Tutor and Professor at the Royal College of Art between 1961 and 1980. James Dyson records Bernard Myers as "A cheerful, irrepressible, rather dapper teacher with a tweed suit and bow-tie, looking like someone from a 1950s television panel, such as The Brains Trust". Christopher Frayling writes: 'Myers was unusually versatile too, combining as he did the fine arts and the practical arts of design. Ever since his student days, he had practiced as a painter - every day of his life. He started out with abstract works in oil pastel, before eventually s... Read full biography
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Bernard Myers trained at St Martin`s School of Art from 1947 to 1949, and Camberwell from 1949 to 1951. Myers entered the Royal College of Art in the Festival of Britain year. His fellow students included John Bratby, Jack Smith, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff. Myers became Tutor, Senior Tutor and Professor at the Royal College of Art between 1961 and 1980.
James Dyson records Bernard Myers as "A cheerful, irrepressible, rather dapper teacher with a tweed suit and bow-tie, looking like someone from a 1950s television panel, such as The Brains Trust".
Christopher Frayling writes: 'Myers was unusually versatile too, combining as he did the fine arts and the practical arts of design. Ever sinc...But wait, there's more...
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