David Oxtoby (artist)
David Jowett Greaves Oxtoby (born 23 January 1938 in Horsforth), is an artist associated with the Pop Art Movement.[1][2][3]
Oxtoby studied at
He has said of his work painting images of popstars and pop music: "I started working on musical subject matter while studying graphics at Bradford College of Art during the fifties, completing three or more self-imposed record covers a day. These were actually small paintings (a fact I didn’t realize for many years) with lettering typeset in the Print Department and shoved on as an afterthought." Much of his work of the 1960s was lost in a warehouse fire. in the 1980s Oxtoby gave up exhibiting so as to devote himself to a series of large paintings on rock music.[6]
Collections
Oxtoby's work is in the collections of both the Victoria and Albert Museum[7] the National Portrait Gallery, London, Sheffield Art Gallery and other galleries in the UK and abroad.[3][6]
References
- ^ Gallivan, Joseph (8 April 1994). "Exhibitions: Etch a falling star: David Oxtoby's drawings of rock dinosaurs are coveted by the stars themselves. Joseph Gallivan ponders their appeal". Independent. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ISBN 9780857123091. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ a b "David Jowett Greaves Oxtoby". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- Redfern Gallerywebsite, accessed 28 October 2016.
- ISBN 0-7148-18542
- ^ a b c "David Oxtoby" Bradford College 175 Heroes website, accessed 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Experienced Acquaintance". Victoria and Albert Museum. 1974. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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