Terry Setch (born 1936) is a painter and Royal Academy (RA) member who lives in

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, Wales.

Education and career

Setch attended Saturday classes at

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, followed by a degree course at the

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, London.Holman, Martin (2009). "Chapter 3". ''Terry Setch: In His Own Time''. Lund Humphries, Surrey. pp. 18-26. . While at college he was recognised and took part in the

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exhibitions in 1957, 1959 and 1960.Holman, Martin (2009). "Chapter 4". ''Terry Setch: In His Own Time''. Lund Humphries, Surrey. pp. 27-37. . He moved to

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, Wales in June 1964 to become senior painting lecturer at

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.Holman, Martin (2009). "Chapter 5". ''Terry Setch: In His Own Time''. Lund Humphries, Surrey. pp. 38-48. He was a member of the

56 Group Wales The 56 Group Wales ( cy, Grŵp 56 Cymru) is an artists' organisation founded in Wales in 1956, with the aim of promoting Welsh Modernist art and artists. The name was originally simply the 56 Group: "Wales" was added in 1967, in response to a fe ...

from 1966 until 1979, later saying he left because it had become too risk averse and part of the establishment. Setch styles himself as a 'political' artist, taking the threats to the environment as an important subject. Much of his recent inspiration has been taken from his local South Wales beaches. "There are issues of waste, the enormous amount of waste and the threat to the environment" he said at his retrospective exhibition in 2011.''Town hall exhibition for distinguished artist Terry Setch''
Western Mail, 11 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-17. His paintings have included

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campaigns and the

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as their subjects. Setch retired from teaching in 2001.Holman, Martin (2009). "Chronology". ''Terry Setch: In His Own Time''. Lund Humphries, Surrey. pp. 147-8. . He was elected as a Royal Academician in 2009. Art critic and media personality

Brian Sewell Brian Alfred Christopher Bushell Sewell (; 15 July 1931 – 19 September 2015) was an English art critic. He wrote for the ''Evening Standard'' and had an acerbic view of conceptual art and the Turner Prize. ''The Guardian'' described him as ...

noted Setch's paintings at the 2011

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, though he also asked why "are the squalid little squidges of Terry Setch hanging on these august walls?"Sewell, Brian (9 June 2011
''It's not all gloom and doom at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition''
, ''London Evening Standard''. Retrieved 2011-11-17

Personal life

Setch married Dianne Shaw in 1967. They have a daughter, Eve.Holman, Martin (2009). "Chapter 9". ''Terry Setch: In His Own Time''. Lund Humphries, Surrey. pp. 101-108. .

References

External links

Official websiteTerry Setch
at the

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its purp ...

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