Bathers

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Born in London, Brian Peacock studied at the Royal College of Art (1957 –60), awarded with the Silver Medal (1960) and the Prix de Rome (1961). He lectured at the Ravensbourne and Hornsey Art Schools in the early 1960s and then at Manchester College of Art up to 1967. He became principal lecturer at Sheffield Polytechnic in 1967, a post he held for many years. His work was shown in numerous group shows with ‘Young Contemporaries’, the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition, the Royal Academy and Arts Council. He later moved from Sheffield to the Cognac region of France.

Places

Subjects

bathing, genre, seascape/coastal scene, beach

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Brian Peacock (1935 - 2004)

Title

Bathers

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 107.00 cm, width: 107.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Leonie Jonleigh Studio, July 1977

Inscription

bl: Peacock entitled and signed verso on foldback

GAC number

13353