Noel Betowski (born 1952 in
Tilbury
Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a Tilbury Fort, 16th century fort ...
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Essex
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England) is an artist living and working in Cornwall.
He graduated from
Central School of Art and Design
The Central School of Art and Design was a school of fine and applied arts in London, England. It offered foundation and degree level courses. It was established in 1896 by the London County Council as the Central School of Arts and Crafts.
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in 1976,
having been taught by
David Haughton.
Betowski was a winner of the
John Constable
John Constable (; 11 June 1776 – 31 March 1837) was an English landscape painter in the Romanticism, Romantic tradition. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for revolutionising the genre of landscape painting with his pictures of Dedha ...
prize in 1987 and 1988 and has exhibited at
Royal Cornwall Museum
The Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, formerly known as the Royal Cornwall Museum, is a museum in Truro, England, which holds an extensive mineral collection rooted in Cornwall's mining and engineering heritage (including much of the mineral coll ...
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and
The National Portrait Gallery.
Betowski is an elected member of the
Penwith Society of Arts and a member of the
Newlyn Society of Artists.
His work references
Entoptic phenomenon
Entoptic phenomena (), occasionally and incorrectly referred to as entopic phenomena, are visual effects whose source is within the human eye itself.
In Helmholtz's words: "Under suitable conditions, light falling on the eye may render visible, ...
and
Dazzle camouflage which was used on shipping to confuse enemy guns in World War II.
Publications
* ''St. Ives 1893-1993: Portrait of an Art Colony'' - Marion Whybrow ACC Art Books 1994.
* ''St. Ives Revisited'' by Peter Davies Old Bakehouse Publications 1993
* ''Behind the Canvas'' - Sarah Brittain & Simon Cook Truran 2001
* ''Noel Betowski Illumination'' The Great Atlantic Galleries 2005.
* ''St. Ives 1975-2005: Art Colony in Transition'' - Peter Davies St Ives Printing & Publishing Co 2007
* ''Noel Betowski-Triptych'' - Minchin 2009.
* ''Noel Betowski - Out of Nowhere'' - Royal Cornwall Museum, exhibition catalogue 2011.
See also
*
List of St Ives artists
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Betowski, Noel
1952 births
Living people
People from Tilbury
20th-century English painters
English male painters
21st-century English painters
21st-century English male artists
Alumni of the University of London
Alumni of the Central School of Art and Design
20th-century English male artists