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1923 Birmingham, England - 2000 Victoria, British Columbis, Canada. Known for: Portrait, landscape and floral painting.
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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Keywords (13)
Art Method
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Oil Paint
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Chinatown in Any North American City
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •War Scenes, Military Genre, Figure, Portrait, Battles
- •Western Art: Cowboys, Indians, Horses, Ranch Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Canada
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
Art School
- •Birmingham (Alabama) School of Arts and Crafts, Student