David Inshaw - Swan

The Brotherhood of Ruralists
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David Inshaw ~ Artist Profile

 

Born in Wednesfield, Staffs on 21 March 1943

Moved to Biggin Hill, Kent (1950)

Studied painting at Beckenham School of Art (1959-63) and the Royal Academy Schools (1963-66, under Perter Greenham)

Studied in Paris for six months under a French Government scholarship, 1964

Organised the Young Contemporaries Exhibition in London, 1966

Taught painting and printmaking at the West of England College of Art in Bristol (1966-1975)

Moved to Bristol, 1967

Visited United States of America and Canada, 1969

Moved to Devizes, 1971

Formed the Broadheath Brotherhood with Graham and Ann Arnold, 1972

Visited Canada, 1972

Met Peter Blake, 1973

Moved to Cambridge following appointment as Fellow Commoner in Creative Art at Trinity College, Cambridge (1975-77)

Returned to Devizes, 1977

Back to Cambridge for a year, 1980

Collaborated with director Geoffrey Haydon on Between Dreaming and Waking as part of BBC Arena series, 1981-2

Left the Brotherhood of Ruralists, 1983

Started etching with Jack Shirreff at the 107 Workshop

Moved near Hay on Wye, 1989

Returned to Devizes, 1995

 

More information about David Inshaw can be found on the website for the Royal West of England Academy.

 

Updated: 1 July 2005

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