- Title:
- Professor Darcy Thompson's Theories
- Object name(s):
- Oil Paintings; Based on Professor Darcy Thompson
- Brief description:
- Based on Professor D'Arcy Thompson's Theories. TO BE COMPLETED
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1965
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Material:
- Acrylic on canvas, framed
- Object name:
- Oil Paintings; Based on Professor Darcy Thompson
- Object number:
- OP96
- Object production date:
- 1965
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1965
- Date - latest:
- 1965
- Object production person:
- David Tinker
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter, sculptor and stage designer. Son of a naval engineer. Studied at Winchester and Bath Colleges of Art, 1941-42, and the Slade 1946-49. Served in the Navy during the Second World War. Taught at Cardiff College of Art, 1949-62, and at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1962-86, where he was Director of the Visual Art Department from 1973 until 1986. Founder member of the 56 Group Wales. Produced abstract paintings and relief sculptures as well as a series of sculpted heads
- Person's birth date:
- 1924
- Person's death date:
- 2000
- Person's forenames:
- David
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, England, London, Charlton
- Person's place of death:
- Cardiff
- Person's surname:
- Tinker
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Oil Paintings
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3816fbfc-8c65-3ad6-b520-869ba2d564a6
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3816fbfc-8c65-3ad6-b520-869ba2d564a6, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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