Page loaded successfully. Showing keywords for Dennis Creffield.
Artist Keywords
Keywords page for Dennis Creffield ((Born 1931)), known for Painting. Showing associated keywords and tags.
Dennis Creffield KEYWORDS
Born 1931. Known for: Painting.
Dennis Creffield was extremely young when first introduced to David Bomberg, but unlike his great friend Dorothy Mead, he did not display the same initial negative reaction to his teaching style.... Read full biography
Dennis Creffield was extremely young when first introduced to David Bomberg, but unlike his great friend Dorothy Mead, he did not display the same initial negative reaction to his teaching style. Cliff Holden suggested Creffield attended Bomberg’s classes and he was swiftly invited to join the... Read full biography
Dennis Creffield was extremely young when first introduced to David Bomberg, but unlike his great friend Dorothy Mead, he did not display the same initial negative reaction to his teaching style. Cliff Holden suggested Creffield attended Bomberg’s classes and he was swiftly invited to join the Borough Group in 1949. Creffield’s incredible technical facility, particularly in charcoal, was evident very early in his career. He and Mead regularly worked together sketching outdoors. Of all the... Read full biography
Dennis Creffield was extremely young when first introduced to David Bomberg, but unlike his great friend Dorothy Mead, he did not display the same initial negative reaction to his teaching style. Cliff Holden suggested Creffield attended Bomberg’s classes and he was swiftly invited to join the Borough Group in 1949. Creffield’s incredible technical facility, particularly in charcoal, was evident very early in his career. He and Mead regularly worked together sketching outdoors. Of all the members of the Group (with the exception of Bomberg himself), Creffield was arguably the artist who gained the greatest public acclaim, yet this is relative; R.B. Kitaj once described Creffield as ‘one of England’s most closely guarded secrets’. He is... Read full biography
Dennis Creffield was extremely young when first introduced to David Bomberg, but unlike his great friend Dorothy Mead, he did not display the same initial negative reaction to his teaching style. Cliff Holden suggested Creffield attended Bomberg’s classes and he was swiftly invited to join the Borough Group in 1949. Creffield’s incredible technical facility, particularly in charcoal, was evident very early in his career. He and Mead regularly worked together sketching outdoors. Of all the members of the Group (with the exception of Bomberg himself), Creffield was arguably the artist who gained the greatest public acclaim, yet this is relative; R.B. Kitaj once described Creffield as ‘one of England’s most closely guarded secrets’. He is perhaps principally known for his extraordinary series of English cathedral drawings made after receiving a commission from the Arts Council in 1987. A... Read full biography