Cavendish Morton - Artist Info

About Cavendish Morton

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    Cavendish Morton, artist - obituary, The Telegraph, newspaper, United Kingdom, Obituary

    "Artist whose landscapes, seascapes and industrial scenes revealed a fascination with colour and light"
    Cavendish Morton, who has died aged 103, was an artist whose work reflected his passion both for nature and the technological achievements of the 20th century.

    His subjects ranged from the steel foundries of Glasgow to decorative seed heads, though perhaps his most notable work was a series of paintings depicting the construction — and then the reconstruction following a devastating fire — of Snape Maltings Concert Hall in Suffolk.

    The series epitomised his consummate draughtsmanship, his understanding of engineering a...

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