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| Philip Sutton | Profile |
Philip Sutton RA
Born in Poole, Dorset, Philip Sutton was brought up in the East
End of London, where he painted his first landscape of the
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1948-53 |
Slade School of Fine Art |
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1953 |
Travelled to Spain, France
and Italy on scholarships. Sold his first paintings to Peter Pears at Roland,
Browse and Delbanco and thereafter exhibited
paintings in Cork street for twenty eight years. |
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1954 |
Began teaching at the Slade
School of Fine Art, London |
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1955 |
Settled in Snape, Suffolk
where he painted landscapes. |
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1956 |
Elected Member of the London
Group |
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1958 |
Came back to London, painted
nudes, still lifes and views of London. |
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1969 |
Retrospective at Leeds City
Art Gallery. |
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1963-64 |
Travelled to Australia and
Fiji, returning with a large exhibition of tropical landscapes- his wife made
a film "Philip Sutton working in Fiji". |
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1966 |
Editioned prints by Curwen
Prints. |
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1969 |
Began to spend part of the
year for ten years in Cornwall, and painted landscapes, seascapes including a
series on Falmouth Docks. |
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1977 |
A film was made by the BBC
Arena programme about his work. Elected Associate Royal Academician.
Retrospective exhibition at Royal Academy. |
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1979 |
Invited to tour Israel with a
group of British artists. Painted on a Kibbutz and in Jerusalem. Designed
poster and flag for the Summer Exhibition Royal Academy. |
|
1980 |
Painted in Australia for four
months. |
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1982 |
Exhibited six large paintings
of the Great Barrier Reef at the Royal Academy. |
|
1983 |
Visited North Sea oil rigs arranged by Shell. Painted watercolours in
Ireland |
|
1984 |
Tapestry designed by Philip
Sutton made by Joan Baxter and Helen Gibbs at West Dean College Tapestry for
Shell Oil. |
|
1985 |
Made flag for German painting
exhibition at the Royal Academy, two editions of silkscreen prints at
Chilford Hall Press with Kip Gresham. Series of paintings
in Battersea Park. Designed 3i logo for Investors in Industry. |
|
1986 |
A second tapestry made at
West Dean College Tapestry Workshop, this time by Penny Bush, of a painting
by Philip Sutton. |
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Became involved in painting
ceramics. Commissioned by Theo
Crosby of Pentagram to paint a wall of tiles at the Art Tile Factory,
Stoke-on-Trent for the D.N.B. Bank in Amsterdam. Painted a series of tree and beach pictures in
Pembrokeshire. Worked at the pottery of Barbara Lenartowicz and made a series
of pots and bowls with her. Worked with the resident potter at the Poole
Pottery. Worked with the Welsh potter
Alan Cummings at his pottery in Pembrokeshire. |
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1987 |
Fulham Pottery Project.
Worked with French potter Jean-Paul Landreau for seven months at Fulham
Pottery, Battersea, ending with Exhibition of ceramics at Odette Gilbert
Gallery, Cork Street, London. |
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Commissioned by the Post
Office to design new stamps for them. Issued 1989. |
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Painted in Manorbier West
Wales. Series of water colours in Cahors, France. |
|
1988 |
Continued work with printer
Ian Mortimer of I.M. Imprint, London on colour woodcuts using Japanese paper. |
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Painted watercolours in New
Zealand. First exhibition in Paris. |
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Painted William Shakespeare
for the International Shakespeare Globe Centre in London to help promote the
new theatre being built. |
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Poster made of William
Shakespeare painting. |
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Large poster for London Transport.
Charcoal and oil painting at Kew for a show in London to raise money for the
gardens. |
|
1989 |
Painting in Pembrokeshire
where he now lives and works. Elected Royal Academician. |
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Six oil paintings on show at
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition |
|
1990 |
New ceramic project with
Jean-Paul Landreau in Wales. Painted watercolours in Italy. |
|
1992 |
Agnews, London. Paintings, ceramics, watercolours and drawings exhibition.
The Royal Academy Exhibition, The Joan Hurst Collection. |
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1995-7 |
Series of paintings on Shakespeare which continued for the next three years. Exhibition
sponsored by Halifax Plc at the Royal Academy of Arts, the International
Shakespeare Globe Centre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon
and the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. Film made about the Shakespeare paintings
by HTV. Exhibition at Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. |
|
1997 |
Philip Sutton Paintings,
Watercolour and Ceramics, Berkeley Square Gallery, London |
|
1998 |
Father and Son Exhibition
(with Jacob Sutton) touredWales. |
|
1999 |
Father and Son Exhibition,
Berkeley Square Gallery, London |
|
2000 |
Three Generations Exhibition:
Philip Sutton, Jacob Sutton ,Claude Sutton at the
Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold. |
|
2001 |
Paintings from Manorbier,
Piano Nobile Gallery London. |
|
2002 |
Exhibition of Paintings at
the Albany Gallery Cardiff. |
|
2004 |
Exhibition of paintings at
Gallery 27, London and Gallery 11a Leamington Spa. |
|
2005 |
Exhibition of woodcut prints
at the Royal Academy of Arts. |
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2005/6 |
Exhibition of woodcut prints
at the Art Gallery Museum, The Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington
Spa. |
|
2006 |
Exhibition of woodcut prints
at theWelsh Assembly, Cardiff. |
One Man Exhibitions
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1953/1954/1955/1956/1958 |
Roland, Browse and Delbanco. |
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1958 |
Royal West of England
Academy, Bristol |
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1959 |
The Geffrye Museum, London |
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1960 |
Retrospective Exhibition at
Leeds City Art Gallery |
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1962 |
Lane Gallery, Bradford |
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Roland Browse and Delbanco |
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Stone Gallery,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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57 Gallery, Edinburgh |
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1963 |
Battersea Central Library |
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David Jones, Sydney |
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Rose Skinner Gallery, Perth,
Australia |
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Gallery A Melbourne,
Australia |
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1965 |
Roland Browse and Delbanco |
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Stone Gallery,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
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1966 |
Curwen Gallery, London |
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Gallery A Melbourne,
Australia |
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1967 |
David Jones Sydney |
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Roland, Browse and Delbanco |
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London Arts Associates,
Detroit |
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Arnolfini Bristol |
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Arts Centre Folkestone |
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1969 |
Roland Browse and Delbanco |
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Hambledon Gallery, Dorset |
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Park Square Gallery, Leeds |
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David Jones, Sydney |
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Arnolfini Bristol |
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Art Centre Folkestone |
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1971 |
Battersea Central Library |
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Roland Browse and Delbanco |
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Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield |
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Court Lodge Gallery, Kent |
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Park Square Gallery, Leeds |
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1971 |
Battersea Central Library |
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Roland Browse and Delbanco |
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Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield |
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Court Lodge Gallery, Kent |
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Park Square Gallery Leeds |
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Oxford Art Gallery |
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1972 |
Battersea Central Library |
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Studio Prints |
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1973 |
Roland, Browse and Delbanco |
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David Jones Sydney |
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Peterloo Gallery, Manchester |
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1974 |
J.P. Lehman's Gallery London |
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1975 |
Roland, Browse and Delbanco |
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David Jones, Sydney |
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1976 |
Orde Levinson, Johannesburg,
Durban, Capetown, S Africa |
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1977 |
The Gallery, Falmouth School
of Art |
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Roland Browse and Delbanco |
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Royal Academy, Diploma
Gallery, London |
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1978 |
Festival Gallery, Bath |
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1979 |
The Workshop London WC1 |
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Browse and Darby, London |
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The Annexe Gallery, London |
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David Jones, Sydney |
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1980 |
The Holsworthy Gallery,
London |
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Margaret Fisher Gallery,
London |
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1981 |
Minden Gallery, Jersey |
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Browse and Darby, London |
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Borython Art Gallery,
Adelaide |
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1982 |
Christopher Hall Gallery,
London |
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Browse and Darby, London |
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1983 |
Browse and Darby, London |
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Beaux Art Gallery, Bath |
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John Brinkley Fellows
Exhibition, Norwich |
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1984 |
Shell HQ Gallery, London |
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Browse and Darby, London |
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Stoke on Trent Exhibition |
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Cambridge Gallery, Cambridge |
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1987 |
Oddette Gilbert Gallery,
London |
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Beaux Arts Gallery, London |
|
1988 |
Galerie Joel Salaun, Paris |
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1989 |
Mowbray Gallery, London |
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Battersea Exhibition, London |
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10 Soudan Road, London |
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1990 |
Fosse Gallery,
Stow-on-the-Wold |
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Woodbridge Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada |
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1991 |
10 Soudan Road, London |
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1992 |
Joan Hurst Collection, Royal
Academy |
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Agnew's London |
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1993 |
Touring North Wales Art
Association |
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1994 |
Welsh Arts Council Exhibition |
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Glynn Vivian Art Gallery,
Swansea |
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1995 |
Tenby Museum |
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1997 |
Shakespeare Exhibition, Royal
Academy |
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Berkeley Square Gallery,
London |
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International Shakespeare
Globe Centre, London |
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Royal Shakespeare Company,
Statford-upon-Avon |
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Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds |
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2001 |
Piano Nobile, London |
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2002 |
The Albany Gallery, Cardiff |
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2004 |
Gallery 27, London |
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Gallery 11a Leamington Spa |
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2005 |
Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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2005/6 |
Art Gallery and Museum, The
Royal Pump Rooms, Leamington Spa |
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2006 |
Welsh Assembly Cardiff |
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The Richmond Hill Gallery,
London |
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2007 |
The Richmond Hill Gallery,
London |