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1928 Norwich, England - 1995 London, England. Known for: Genre, figure and city and countryside painting, teaching.
Michael Andrews was a British painter. He was born in Norwich, England, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews and his wife Gertrude Emma Green. He completed his National service between 1947 and... Read full biography
Michael Andrews was a British painter. He was born in Norwich, England, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews and his wife Gertrude Emma Green. He completed his National service between 1947 and 1949, nineteen months of which was spent in Egypt. From 1949 to 1953 he studied at the Slade School... Read full biography
Michael Andrews was a British painter. He was born in Norwich, England, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews and his wife Gertrude Emma Green. He completed his National service between 1947 and 1949, nineteen months of which was spent in Egypt. From 1949 to 1953 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under William Coldstream, Lucian Freud, William Townsend and Lawrence Gowing. Fellow students and friends there included Victor Willing, Keith Sutton, Diana Cumming, Euan Uglow and Craigie... Read full biography
Michael Andrews was a British painter. He was born in Norwich, England, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews and his wife Gertrude Emma Green. He completed his National service between 1947 and 1949, nineteen months of which was spent in Egypt. From 1949 to 1953 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under William Coldstream, Lucian Freud, William Townsend and Lawrence Gowing. Fellow students and friends there included Victor Willing, Keith Sutton, Diana Cumming, Euan Uglow and Craigie Aitchison. In 1953 he spent six months in Italy after receiving a Rome Scholarship in Painting. From 1958 he taught at the Slade and Chelsea School of Art. February 1958 - June 1960 he held a fellowship at the Digswell Arts Trust, for a period... Read full biography
Michael Andrews was a British painter. He was born in Norwich, England, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews and his wife Gertrude Emma Green. He completed his National service between 1947 and 1949, nineteen months of which was spent in Egypt. From 1949 to 1953 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under William Coldstream, Lucian Freud, William Townsend and Lawrence Gowing. Fellow students and friends there included Victor Willing, Keith Sutton, Diana Cumming, Euan Uglow and Craigie Aitchison. In 1953 he spent six months in Italy after receiving a Rome Scholarship in Painting. From 1958 he taught at the Slade and Chelsea School of Art. February 1958 - June 1960 he held a fellowship at the Digswell Arts Trust, for a period sharing a studio with Patrick Swift. In 1959 his painting A Man Who Suddenly Fell Over was acquired by the Tate Gallery. In the 1960s, h... Read full biography
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Michael Andrews was a British painter. He was born in Norwich, England, the second child of Thomas Victor Andrews and his wife Gertrude Emma Green. He completed his National service between 1947 and 1949, nineteen months of which was spent in Egypt. From 1949 to 1953 he studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under William Coldstream, Lucian Freud, William Townsend and Lawrence Gowing. Fellow students and friends there included Victor Willing, Keith Sutton, Diana Cumming, Euan Uglow and Craigie Aitchison. In 1953 he spent six months in Italy after receiving a Rome Scholarship in Painting.
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