JOHN KENNETH
LONG R.B.A. (1924 – 2006)
(known as Kenneth Long)
“Derbyshire
Landscape”
Oil Painting on
Canvas.
12” x 12”
(305mm x 305mm). Overall framed size 15 ¼” x 15 ¼” (388mm x 388mm).
Signed on the
backing board
Presented in
its original aluminium frame
Provenance: Exhibited at the Mercury Gallery, Cork
Street, London. No. 5 10.8.1972
where
purchased by D.G. Fawcett Esq. Bears
original exhibition label IMAGE
John Kenneth
Long, known as Kenneth, was a painter, sculptor in terracotta and a
teacher. He was born in Liverpool and
studied at the Manchester School of Art where his teachers included Ian
Grant. In 1955 he won the competition
“Industrial Britain” sponsored by Richard Thomas and Baldwins Ltd and his
winning painting was reproduced in the “Studio” Magazine two years later. In that year he also had his first solo
exhibition at the University of Nottingham.
His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil
Painters, the Royal Society of British Artists, the New English Art Club and in
the provinces. Work in public
collections include Nottingham Castle Museum, the Cooper Gallery Barnsley, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum Coventry,
Goldsmiths University of London and the University of Warwick.
