Born in Birmingham, England in 1923 as an illegitimate child of a seventeen-year old girl, Geoffrey Rock had a career as an artist which spanned more than fifty years. At an early age he showed... Read full biography
Born in Birmingham, England in 1923 as an illegitimate child of a seventeen-year old girl, Geoffrey Rock had a career as an artist which spanned more than fifty years. At an early age he showed exceptional artistic talent, which earned him a scholarship to study art at the Birmingham College of... Read full biography
Born in Birmingham, England in 1923 as an illegitimate child of a seventeen-year old girl, Geoffrey Rock had a career as an artist which spanned more than fifty years. At an early age he showed exceptional artistic talent, which earned him a scholarship to study art at the Birmingham College of Art. Of this training he said: "It was a year before we were allowed to touch a brush, and three years before we moved from plaster casts to life drawing." (Amos) Later he studied at the London Central... Read full biography
Born in Birmingham, England in 1923 as an illegitimate child of a seventeen-year old girl, Geoffrey Rock had a career as an artist which spanned more than fifty years. At an early age he showed exceptional artistic talent, which earned him a scholarship to study art at the Birmingham College of Art. Of this training he said: "It was a year before we were allowed to touch a brush, and three years before we moved from plaster casts to life drawing." (Amos) Later he studied at the London Central School of Art. He was inspired by the perfectionist painters of the Dutch and Flemish schools and influenced by the great realist painters of our time. At the end of World War II, living with his wife, Joan, in a small London flat and using the... Read full biography
Born in Birmingham, England in 1923 as an illegitimate child of a seventeen-year old girl, Geoffrey Rock had a career as an artist which spanned more than fifty years. At an early age he showed exceptional artistic talent, which earned him a scholarship to study art at the Birmingham College of Art. Of this training he said: "It was a year before we were allowed to touch a brush, and three years before we moved from plaster casts to life drawing." (Amos) Later he studied at the London Central School of Art. He was inspired by the perfectionist painters of the Dutch and Flemish schools and influenced by the great realist painters of our time. At the end of World War II, living with his wife, Joan, in a small London flat and using the kitchen as his studio, he was kept busy painting portraits of the military and royalty. He also worked as the understud... Read full biography
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About Geoffrey Rock: Books
Books & Publications (5)
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Artists in Their Studios: Where Art is Born (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Amos, Robert
160 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
Cattle Ranch: The Story of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company
1979
Woolliams, Nina
266 pages
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists (8 Volumes)
1974
MacDonald, Colin, S.
3,667 pages
A History of Peel County: To Mark Its Centenary as a Separate County, 1867-1967