Patrick Herbert George (28 July 1923 – 23 April 2016) was an English painter who taught at the

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in London for most of his career. He was best known for his landscapes but also painted a number of portraits, including one of Natalie Dower which is in Tate's collection.

Early life

Patrick George was born in

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, Cheshire, on 28 July 1923.Patrick George obituary.
Andrew Lambirth, ''

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'', 4 May 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017. He was educated at The Downs School, Herefordshire, and

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. He studied at the

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(1941–42) followed by service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. He was in a

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during the

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and later served in the Far East before being demobilised in 1946. He then studied at the

Camberwell School of Art Camberwell College of Arts is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art and design university in London, England. The college offers further and higher education programmes, including postgraduate and PhD awards. ...

.Patrick George, artist – obituary.
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'', 3 May 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2017.

Career

George taught at the

in London from 1949, always on a part-time basis. He taught at the Nigerian College of Art in

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towards the end of the 1950s before returning to the Slade where he rose to become director of school and

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from 1985 until his retirement in 1988. He had several exhibitions throughout his career, most notably one at

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in 1975 and a one-man show at the

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in 1980, and many at Browse and Darby in London.

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Patrick George interviewed by Andrew Lambirth.Patrick George at the Tate Gallery.
1923 births 2016 deaths English landscape painters People from Wilmslow People educated at The Downs School, Herefordshire People educated at Bryanston School Royal Navy officers of World War II Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts Academics of the Slade School of Fine Art Military personnel from Chester {{England-painter-stub

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Career

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