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1909 County Antrim, Ireland - 1999. Known for: Abstract landscape, animal, and figurative painting, sculpture.
Tom Carr OBE, RUA (1909-99). A talented landscape artist and figurative painter, Tom Carr was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and encouraged to sketch by his watercolourist grandfather. In... Read full biography
Tom Carr OBE, RUA (1909-99). A talented landscape artist and figurative painter, Tom Carr was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and encouraged to sketch by his watercolourist grandfather. In 1929 he attended the Slade School of Fine Art, London, where he studied drawing and painting under... Read full biography
Tom Carr OBE, RUA (1909-99). A talented landscape artist and figurative painter, Tom Carr was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and encouraged to sketch by his watercolourist grandfather. In 1929 he attended the Slade School of Fine Art, London, where he studied drawing and painting under Henry Tonks and Wilson Steer. After two years study, Tom Carr travelled to Florence for six months, staying at the home of the artist Aubrey Waterfield (1874-1944). Returning to London, he slowly built a... Read full biography
Tom Carr OBE, RUA (1909-99). A talented landscape artist and figurative painter, Tom Carr was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and encouraged to sketch by his watercolourist grandfather. In 1929 he attended the Slade School of Fine Art, London, where he studied drawing and painting under Henry Tonks and Wilson Steer. After two years study, Tom Carr travelled to Florence for six months, staying at the home of the artist Aubrey Waterfield (1874-1944). Returning to London, he slowly built a reputation as a draughtsman and artist, exhibiting at several galleries. He painted watercolours as well as oil painting. During this time he came to the attention of the history of art expert Kenneth Clark who recommended the purchase of Carr's... Read full biography
Tom Carr OBE, RUA (1909-99). A talented landscape artist and figurative painter, Tom Carr was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and encouraged to sketch by his watercolourist grandfather. In 1929 he attended the Slade School of Fine Art, London, where he studied drawing and painting under Henry Tonks and Wilson Steer. After two years study, Tom Carr travelled to Florence for six months, staying at the home of the artist Aubrey Waterfield (1874-1944). Returning to London, he slowly built a reputation as a draughtsman and artist, exhibiting at several galleries. He painted watercolours as well as oil painting. During this time he came to the attention of the history of art expert Kenneth Clark who recommended the purchase of Carr's Beach Scene at Dover Beach to Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother). In the early 1930s,... Read full biography
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Tom Carr OBE, RUA (1909-99)
A talented landscape artist and figurative painter, Tom Carr was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland and encouraged to sketch by his watercolourist grandfather. In 1929 he attended the Slade School of Fine Art, London, where he studied drawing and painting under Henry Tonks and Wilson Steer. After two years study, Tom Carr travelled to Florence for six months, staying at the home of the artist Aubrey Waterfield (1874-1944).
Returning to London, he slowly built a reputation as a draughtsman and artist, exhibiting at several galleries. He painted watercolours as well as oil painting.
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