Biography |
| 1915 | Born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire |
| 1930 | Left school at 14 to work in Curry's Cycle Shop |
| 1939-45 | In active service, captured and sent to a German POW camp, befriending Adrian Heath |
| 1945 | Married Kathleen Clarke |
| 1946 | Attended St Ives School of Art; met Ben Nicholson and Peter Lanyon |
| 1947-51 | Studied at Camberwell School of Art |
| 1950 | Takes a studio in Porthmeor, painted the first of his 'Walk Along the Quay' series |
| 1951 | Assisted Barbara Hepworth with 'Contrapuntal Forms'; attended Penwith School of Arts; elected member of the Penwith Society of Arts |
| 1952-54 | Visiting lecturer at Bath Academy of Art and Willseden School of Art; met William Scott |
| 1954-56 | Awarded a Gregory Fellowship at the University of Leeds |
| 1956 | Taught at Leeds College of Art |
| 1957 | Became a member of the London Group |
| 1957-59 | Returned to St Ives permanently; Tate purchased 'Khaki and Lemon' (1956) |
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