Noel Forster
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Noel Armstrong Forster was a British
artist who trained at King's College Newcastle
a part of Durham University
, graduating in 1957.
He was born in Seaton Delaval
, Northumberland
and attended to Gosforth Grammar School.
He married Eileen Conlan in 1962, later having three sons with her. In due course he became Principal lecturer in Painting at the Chelsea College of Art & Design in Chelsea
as well as Artist-in-Residence and Supernumerary Fellow at Balliol College Oxford University. In 1978 he won the John Moores Painting PrizeHis art can best be described as abstract, colourful and usually involving a cross-weaved fabric of straight or curved parallel lines drawn by hand, often executed in oil on linen. He died in London
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United Kingdom
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artist who trained at King's College Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
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a part of Durham University
Durham University
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, graduating in 1957.
He was born in Seaton Delaval
Seaton Delaval
Seaton Delaval is a village in Northumberland, England, with a population of 4,371. It is the largest of the five villages in Seaton Valley and is the site of Seaton Delaval Hall, the masterpiece completed by Sir John Vanbrugh in 1727....
, Northumberland
Northumberland
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and attended to Gosforth Grammar School.
He married Eileen Conlan in 1962, later having three sons with her. In due course he became Principal lecturer in Painting at the Chelsea College of Art & Design in Chelsea
Chelsea, London
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as well as Artist-in-Residence and Supernumerary Fellow at Balliol College Oxford University. In 1978 he won the John Moores Painting PrizeHis art can best be described as abstract, colourful and usually involving a cross-weaved fabric of straight or curved parallel lines drawn by hand, often executed in oil on linen. He died in London
London
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"Noel was in my view the most important post-War abstract painter in England, and his work combined performance, intellectual rigour and the artist's craft. It was simultaneously clever and sensuous. He was an influential teacher too and a very gifted musician. But he was also larger than life." Stephen Bury, Curator, British Library, 8 December 2007