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John Thompson BIOGRAPHY
1924 Carlisle, England - 2011 Manchester, England. Known for: Modernist portrait, figures in groups, village scenes and floral still-life painting, teaching.
John Thompson was a British painter best known for his expressive and subtle depictions of nudes, groups of working men, and the landscapes and streetscapes around Manchester. Thompson’s linework and... Read full biography
John Thompson was a British painter best known for his expressive and subtle depictions of nudes, groups of working men, and the landscapes and streetscapes around Manchester. Thompson’s linework and unique color combinations give a vitality to his paintings similar to that of the artists L.S.... Read full biography
John Thompson was a British painter best known for his expressive and subtle depictions of nudes, groups of working men, and the landscapes and streetscapes around Manchester. Thompson’s linework and unique color combinations give a vitality to his paintings similar to that of the artists L.S. Lowry and Pierre Bonnard. This is exemplified in the work What Next (2010), where Thompson overlays a gradient of blues and muted greens over a wiry illustration of cloth-capped men. Born in 1924 in... Read full biography
John Thompson was a British painter best known for his expressive and subtle depictions of nudes, groups of working men, and the landscapes and streetscapes around Manchester. Thompson’s linework and unique color combinations give a vitality to his paintings similar to that of the artists L.S. Lowry and Pierre Bonnard. This is exemplified in the work What Next (2010), where Thompson overlays a gradient of blues and muted greens over a wiry illustration of cloth-capped men. Born in 1924 in Oldham, United Kingdom to a working class family. Due to his socioeconomic standing, the artist was largely self-taught and trained himself by making copies of postcards and ocean liner advertisements. He began receiving critical acclaim for his work in... Read full biography
John Thompson was a British painter best known for his expressive and subtle depictions of nudes, groups of working men, and the landscapes and streetscapes around Manchester. Thompson’s linework and unique color combinations give a vitality to his paintings similar to that of the artists L.S. Lowry and Pierre Bonnard. This is exemplified in the work What Next (2010), where Thompson overlays a gradient of blues and muted greens over a wiry illustration of cloth-capped men. Born in 1924 in Oldham, United Kingdom to a working class family. Due to his socioeconomic standing, the artist was largely self-taught and trained himself by making copies of postcards and ocean liner advertisements. He began receiving critical acclaim for his work in the early 2000s after having a number of solo exhibitions in Manchester. Thompson died on July 16, 2011 in Manchester, United Kingdom.... Read full biography
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John Thompson was a British painter best known for his expressive and subtle depictions of nudes, groups of working men, and the landscapes and streetscapes around Manchester. Thompson’s linework and unique color combinations give a vitality to his paintings similar to that of the artists L.S. Lowry and Pierre Bonnard. This is exemplified in the work What Next (2010), where Thompson overlays a gradient of blues and muted greens over a wiry illustration of cloth-capped men.
Born in 1924 in Oldham, United Kingdom to a working class family. Due to his socioeconomic standing, the artist was largely self-taught and trained himself by making copies of postcards and ocean liner advertisements. He began receiving critical acclaim for his work in the early 2000s after having a number of solo exhibitions in Manchester.
Thompson died on July 16, 2011 in Manchester, United Kingdom.
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www.artnet.comBiography from David Duggleby
Thompson was born and educated in Carlisle, after studying at the Royal Institution in Edinburgh he later succeeded as the head of Warrington's School of Art in 1855