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1872 Chelsea, England - 1951 London, England. Known for: Collaboratlive abstract linocuts with urban motion themes, paintings, teaching.
Depicting the speed, movement and flow of modern urban London in the 1920`s and 30`s, Cyril Power was one of the pioneers and leading exponents in England of the linocut*. He is also well-known for... Read full biography
Depicting the speed, movement and flow of modern urban London in the 1920`s and 30`s, Cyril Power was one of the pioneers and leading exponents in England of the linocut*. He is also well-known for his artistic partnership with Canadian artist Sybil Andrews, for co-founding The Grosvenor School of... Read full biography
Depicting the speed, movement and flow of modern urban London in the 1920`s and 30`s, Cyril Power was one of the pioneers and leading exponents in England of the linocut*. He is also well-known for his artistic partnership with Canadian artist Sybil Andrews, for co-founding The Grosvenor School of Modern Art* in London in 1925, and for architecture and teaching. Cyril Power was born in Chelsea, London, the eldest child of an architect father who encouraged his interest in the arts, especially... Read full biography
Depicting the speed, movement and flow of modern urban London in the 1920`s and 30`s, Cyril Power was one of the pioneers and leading exponents in England of the linocut*. He is also well-known for his artistic partnership with Canadian artist Sybil Andrews, for co-founding The Grosvenor School of Modern Art* in London in 1925, and for architecture and teaching. Cyril Power was born in Chelsea, London, the eldest child of an architect father who encouraged his interest in the arts, especially drawing. He followed in the family tradition, and became an architect and worked in his father’s practice. He excelled there, and in 1900 won The Sloane Medallion, awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects for his design for an art school.... Read full biography
Depicting the speed, movement and flow of modern urban London in the 1920`s and 30`s, Cyril Power was one of the pioneers and leading exponents in England of the linocut*. He is also well-known for his artistic partnership with Canadian artist Sybil Andrews, for co-founding The Grosvenor School of Modern Art* in London in 1925, and for architecture and teaching. Cyril Power was born in Chelsea, London, the eldest child of an architect father who encouraged his interest in the arts, especially drawing. He followed in the family tradition, and became an architect and worked in his father’s practice. He excelled there, and in 1900 won The Sloane Medallion, awarded by the Royal Institute of British Architects for his design for an art school. In 1904, Cyril Power married Dorothy Mary Nunn, with whom he was to raise four children. They lived mostly in London, in Putney, and the... Read full biography
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Keywords (16)
Art Method
- •Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Crayon, Crayola Drawing
- •Linoleum Cut Block, Linocut
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Subject
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Art Association
- •Royal Society of British Artists, Elected Member
Art School
- •Grosvenor School of Modern Art, Teacher
- •Heatherley School of Fine Art, London, Student
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Collaborative Artwork, Collaboration