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1908 Greenock, Scotland - 1997. Known for: Landscape, marine and harbor view painting.
Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1908, Frederick Blake moved to London with his family when he was a child and he remained in the South for the rest of his life. He trained at Camberwell School of Art... Read full biography
Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1908, Frederick Blake moved to London with his family when he was a child and he remained in the South for the rest of his life. He trained at Camberwell School of Art and at fifteen years of age started work as an architectural draughtsman in the interior design... Read full biography
Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1908, Frederick Blake moved to London with his family when he was a child and he remained in the South for the rest of his life. He trained at Camberwell School of Art and at fifteen years of age started work as an architectural draughtsman in the interior design business. Early in 1940 he was drafted into a small group of war artists producing propaganda work for the Ministry of Information, and for three evenings a week worked for the Daily Express drawing war... Read full biography
Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1908, Frederick Blake moved to London with his family when he was a child and he remained in the South for the rest of his life. He trained at Camberwell School of Art and at fifteen years of age started work as an architectural draughtsman in the interior design business. Early in 1940 he was drafted into a small group of war artists producing propaganda work for the Ministry of Information, and for three evenings a week worked for the Daily Express drawing war maps and impressions of battles. On the other nights he worked long hours as an Air Raid Fire Officer. During this period he began to exhibit his paintings. He had work shown at the Royal Academy together with other Open Exhibitions in London. As a... Read full biography
Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1908, Frederick Blake moved to London with his family when he was a child and he remained in the South for the rest of his life. He trained at Camberwell School of Art and at fifteen years of age started work as an architectural draughtsman in the interior design business. Early in 1940 he was drafted into a small group of war artists producing propaganda work for the Ministry of Information, and for three evenings a week worked for the Daily Express drawing war maps and impressions of battles. On the other nights he worked long hours as an Air Raid Fire Officer. During this period he began to exhibit his paintings. He had work shown at the Royal Academy together with other Open Exhibitions in London. As a freelance designer after the war, he worked for the aircraft industry, the railways and on road safety campaigns to mention but a f... Read full biography
Frederick Donald Blake - Artist Info
About Frederick Donald Blake: Keywords
Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Interior Design, Decoration
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Harbor, Harbour View
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
Art School
- •Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London, Student
Added Description
- •Trained as Professional Architect
- •War Artist
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England