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1914 St. Pancras, England - 2000 St. Pancras, England. Known for: Realist and abstract figure, genre, portraits. religious and interior scene painting.
"Norman Blamey:Painter who caught the spirit of Christian worship on canvas," Obituary by Andrew Wilton, The Guardian, newspaper, January 24, 2000. The painter Norman Blamey, who has died aged 85,... Read full biography
"Norman Blamey:Painter who caught the spirit of Christian worship on canvas," Obituary by Andrew Wilton, The Guardian, newspaper, January 24, 2000. The painter Norman Blamey, who has died aged 85, was a consummate draughtsman specialising in contemplative domestic subjects and episodes from the... Read full biography
"Norman Blamey:Painter who caught the spirit of Christian worship on canvas," Obituary by Andrew Wilton, The Guardian, newspaper, January 24, 2000. The painter Norman Blamey, who has died aged 85, was a consummate draughtsman specialising in contemplative domestic subjects and episodes from the liturgy of the Anglo-Catholic church. His paintings have only recently been given due recognition, for both his subject and his style were unusual, but he brought to his work an intensity that expresses... Read full biography
"Norman Blamey:Painter who caught the spirit of Christian worship on canvas," Obituary by Andrew Wilton, The Guardian, newspaper, January 24, 2000. The painter Norman Blamey, who has died aged 85, was a consummate draughtsman specialising in contemplative domestic subjects and episodes from the liturgy of the Anglo-Catholic church. His paintings have only recently been given due recognition, for both his subject and his style were unusual, but he brought to his work an intensity that expresses not only the spirituality of high Anglicans but of all who value ritual. The setting of Blamey's religious pieces was usually Old St Pancras church, London, where he worshipped all his life, and his pictures sometimes show him as an assistant in the... Read full biography
"Norman Blamey:Painter who caught the spirit of Christian worship on canvas," Obituary by Andrew Wilton, The Guardian, newspaper, January 24, 2000. The painter Norman Blamey, who has died aged 85, was a consummate draughtsman specialising in contemplative domestic subjects and episodes from the liturgy of the Anglo-Catholic church. His paintings have only recently been given due recognition, for both his subject and his style were unusual, but he brought to his work an intensity that expresses not only the spirituality of high Anglicans but of all who value ritual. The setting of Blamey's religious pieces was usually Old St Pancras church, London, where he worshipped all his life, and his pictures sometimes show him as an assistant in the ritual. In his work, the sense of the spiritual was translated into a crystalline geometry, worked out with a fascination... Read full biography
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Keywords (18)
Art Method
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
Art Style
- •Cubism, Cubist
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
Art Subject
- •Churches, Cathedrals, Monasteries
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Interior Scenes
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Art School
- •Chelsea School of Art, London, Teacher
- •Royal Academy of Arts School (Schools) of London, Teacher
Awards/Recognition
- •Order of the British Empire
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
Ethnicity of Artist
- •English
Exhibition By An Art School
- •Royal Academy of the Arts, England