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1908 Belford, Northumberland, England - 1987 London, England. Known for: Figure, portrait, still life and landscape painting, architecture, camouflage art.
Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern... Read full biography
Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern England, the second son of country doctor George Probyn Coldstream and his wife (Susan Jane) Lilian,... Read full biography
Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern England, the second son of country doctor George Probyn Coldstream and his wife (Susan Jane) Lilian, daughter of Maj. Robert Mercer-Tod, of the 43rd Regiment. He grew up in London, where he was privately educated, then studied at the Slade School of Fine Art* between 1926 and 1929. In 1931 he joined... Read full biography
Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern England, the second son of country doctor George Probyn Coldstream and his wife (Susan Jane) Lilian, daughter of Maj. Robert Mercer-Tod, of the 43rd Regiment. He grew up in London, where he was privately educated, then studied at the Slade School of Fine Art* between 1926 and 1929. In 1931 he joined the London Artists' Association and then, two years later, the London Group*. In 1934, Coldstream joined the GPO Film Unit to make documentary films with John Grierson. In 1937, with some financial support from Kenneth Clark, Coldstream returned to... Read full biography
Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher. Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern England, the second son of country doctor George Probyn Coldstream and his wife (Susan Jane) Lilian, daughter of Maj. Robert Mercer-Tod, of the 43rd Regiment. He grew up in London, where he was privately educated, then studied at the Slade School of Fine Art* between 1926 and 1929. In 1931 he joined the London Artists' Association and then, two years later, the London Group*. In 1934, Coldstream joined the GPO Film Unit to make documentary films with John Grierson. In 1937, with some financial support from Kenneth Clark, Coldstream returned to painting on a full-time basis. Later that year he co-founded the Euston Road School with Graham Bell, Victor Pasmore and Cl... Read full biography
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Sir William Menzies Coldstream, CBE (28 February 1908 – 18 February 1987) was an English realist painter and a long-standing art teacher.
Coldstream was born at Belford, Northumberland, in northern England, the second son of country doctor George Probyn Coldstream and his wife (Susan Jane) Lilian, daughter of Maj. Robert Mercer-Tod, of the 43rd Regiment. He grew up in London, where he was privately educated, then studied at the Slade School of Fine Art* between 1926 and 1929.
In 1931 he joined the London Artists' Association and then, two years later, the London Group*. In 1934, Coldstream joined the GPO Film Unit to make documentary films with John Grierson.
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