Le Colonel est Vêtu de “Scotch Tweed” d’un Vert Violent

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

John Furnival studied at Wimbledon College of Art between 1951 and 1955, and the Royal College of Art between 1957 and 1960 where he was a contemporary of David Hockney and Peter Blake. He then moved to Gloucestershire where he taught Fine Art at Stroud and Cheltenham Art colleges until 1966. He set up the Openings Press in 1964 with Dom Sylvester Houédard. Furnival taught at Bath Academy of Art from 1966. He also organised many exhibitions of concrete poetry with Houédard, making prints inspired by poetry or words which were often produced in collaboration with other writers and artists. In the late 1960s and early 1970s he had several solo exhibitions in London; his prints were also shown widely in a various British regional galleries as well as in France, Sweden, Poland and the US. In 1978 he won a prize for his publication Erik Satie. His work is represented in several public collections including the Tate Gallery and The State Museum, Munich.

People

Eric Satie (1866 - 1925)

Places

Subjects

composer, classical music, musician, musical score, abstract, male portrait

Materials & Techniques

monoprint, screenprint

Artist

John Furnival (1933 - 2020)

Title

Le Colonel est Vêtu de “Scotch Tweed” d’un Vert Violent

Date

1976

Medium

Screenprint (monoprint)

Acquisition

Purchased from Thumb Gallery, November 1976

GAC number

12550