Peter Prendergast (artist)
Peter Prendergast | |
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Born | Reading University | 27 October 1946
Known for | Painting |
Spouse | Lesley Riding (m. 1967) |
Website | www |
Peter Prendergast (27 October 1946 – 14 January 2007) was a Welsh landscape painter.
Early years
Prendergast was born in
Prendergast moved to the
Career
Prendergast taught part-time in a school for one year after leaving the Slade, and then studied for a
, a fellow student and landscape painter, who remained a close friend in later life.Prendergast and his wife moved to
Prendergast won prizes at the
He was a member of 56 Group Wales from 1982 until his death.[6]
A "50th Birthday Exhibition" was held at the
After suffering from poor health in 2006, he died suddenly from a heart attack while walking with his wife near his home in Deiniolen, near Caernarfon in Gwynedd. Following his death he had two major tribute exhibitions at Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff (2014) and Oriel Tegfryn, Menai Bridge (2013). In 2013 Richard Cork's biography of the artist, The Art of Peter Pendergast, was published by Lund Humphries, with an introductory essay by Prendergast's old friend, Mike Knowles.
References
- ^ "Biography". Peter Prendergast Website. 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ "Tributes paid to 'unique' artist". BBC News. 15 January 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ^ "Obituary:Peter Prendergast". The Daily Telegraph. 20 January 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2007.
- ^ a b Meic Stephens (22 January 2007). "Peter Prendergast". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 January 2007.
- ^ "Catalogue entry: Bethesda Quarry 1980–1". Tate. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-9563602-1-2.
External links
- 26 artworks by or after Peter Prendergast at the Art UK site
- Martin Tinney Gallery (recent paintings)
- Oriel Tegfryn
- Art Cymru
- Royal West of England Academy
- A gallery of his work from Art Cymru
- Works exhibited at the Boundary Gallery
- Obituary, New Welsh Review, Summer 2007, pp. 54–55
- Official Peter Prendergast website