Roger de Grey
Sir Roger de Grey, Royal Academy.
Early life and career
De Grey was the second son (and youngest of three children) of
Royal Academy
, as well as internationally. His paintings are still sought after by collectors.
Teaching and administration
De Grey had a long and distinguished career as an art educator: a Lecturer of King's College,
Sir Hugh Casson
. De Grey succeeded Casson as President in 1984. Roger de Grey was elected Senior RA in October 1993, the year he stepped down from being President. He was elected an honorary member of the Royal West of England Academy of Art (RWA) in 1994.
Family
A great-nephew of the
knighted in 1991 for "services to British art". The Royal Academy provided an exhibition of his work in memoriam in 1996. The Tate Gallery and Arts Council of Great Britain
hold several examples of his work.
In 1942, he married
RA, (née Irwin), also a notable artist, who died in London in 1995, aged 77.[6][7] Sir Roger and Lady de Grey had three children: Spencer
, Robert and Emilia.
See also
- House of Grey
- Royal Victorian Order
References
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 1999, vol. 1, p. 112
- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage 2003, vol. 3, p. 4065
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/59121. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "Paintings in Hospitals | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Norman Rosenthal (16 February 1995). "Obituary: Sir Roger de Grey". The Independent. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Flavia Irwin: painter and designer | The Times". The Times. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
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External links
- 41 artworks by or after Roger de Grey at the Art UK site
- Artnet website page
- National Portrait Gallery website page
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