Heather Copley
October, Wharton Street, London, 1969
Oil on Canvas
36 × 23 in / 91.4 × 58.4 cm
$ 8,000.00
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October, Wharton Street, London' has an all-over pattern with no single point of focus. Window and tree branches are more about being shapes than being definable objects. Using a monochromatic...
October, Wharton Street, London" has an all-over pattern with no single point of focus. Window and tree branches are more about being shapes than being definable objects. Using a monochromatic color scheme Heather Copley captures the true ambiance of London. A palette of desaturated grays, browns and yellows depict the artists urban surroundings in a simultaneously representative and abstract way.
Diana Heather Pickering Copley was born at Brewood Hall, Staffordshire. At the astonishing age of 14, she enrolled at Clapham School of Art, remaining there for six years until 1939, supported by a London County Council Intermediate Scholarship. A three-year Senior County Scholarship took her to the Royal College of Art in 1940, the year she married fellow painter Christopher Chamberlain, although her studies were interrupted by service in ARP (Air Raid Precautions) in 1940-41. In 1945, Copley returned to the Royal College where her tutors included Carel Weight, an important influence on her work. From 1948 to 1983, she taught drawing and painting part-time at St Martin's, then one of Britain's most lively and influential schools. Her husband Christopher Chamberlain spent many years as an influential teacher at Camberwell. Although she never had a solo exhibition, Copley participated in mixed shows, including Arts Council travelling exhibitions. In 1951, she gained the Lord Mayor's Art Award, second prize, in a show of London paintings at the Guildhall. Her picture of Lake Trasimeno in the 1978 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition was chosen for purchase by the President and Council under the terms of the Harrison Weir Fund. Many foreign collectors bought from Copley, notably the actor Edward G. Robinson, a noted connoisseur. "I think he was very drunk when he bought my work," she said. br (Condensed from David Buckman's Obituary for Heather Copley, published in The Independent, 5th December 2001) __________ br Painter, graphic artist and teacher, full name Diana Heather Pickering Copley, born in Brewood, Staffordshire. She was married to the artist Christopher Chamberlain. Studied at Clapham School of Art, 1933–9, and Royal College of Art, 1940; after part-time teaching she returned to Royal College, 1945–7, in 1948 having a postgraduate year. Among her notable teachers were Vivian Pitchforth, W A Wildman and Carel Weight. From 1948–83 taught mainly part-time at St Martin’s School of Art, drawing and painting. Between 1955–68 did graphic work for various outlets including Phoenix House, Bodley Head, Law Society and John Lehmann. Showed at RA Summer Exhibitions from 1950; Arts Council travelling exhibitions from 1960; Seven Dials Gallery, 1982; and Richard Allan Gallery, 1988. br Read more br Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
Diana Heather Pickering Copley was born at Brewood Hall, Staffordshire. At the astonishing age of 14, she enrolled at Clapham School of Art, remaining there for six years until 1939, supported by a London County Council Intermediate Scholarship. A three-year Senior County Scholarship took her to the Royal College of Art in 1940, the year she married fellow painter Christopher Chamberlain, although her studies were interrupted by service in ARP (Air Raid Precautions) in 1940-41. In 1945, Copley returned to the Royal College where her tutors included Carel Weight, an important influence on her work. From 1948 to 1983, she taught drawing and painting part-time at St Martin's, then one of Britain's most lively and influential schools. Her husband Christopher Chamberlain spent many years as an influential teacher at Camberwell. Although she never had a solo exhibition, Copley participated in mixed shows, including Arts Council travelling exhibitions. In 1951, she gained the Lord Mayor's Art Award, second prize, in a show of London paintings at the Guildhall. Her picture of Lake Trasimeno in the 1978 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition was chosen for purchase by the President and Council under the terms of the Harrison Weir Fund. Many foreign collectors bought from Copley, notably the actor Edward G. Robinson, a noted connoisseur. "I think he was very drunk when he bought my work," she said. br (Condensed from David Buckman's Obituary for Heather Copley, published in The Independent, 5th December 2001) __________ br Painter, graphic artist and teacher, full name Diana Heather Pickering Copley, born in Brewood, Staffordshire. She was married to the artist Christopher Chamberlain. Studied at Clapham School of Art, 1933–9, and Royal College of Art, 1940; after part-time teaching she returned to Royal College, 1945–7, in 1948 having a postgraduate year. Among her notable teachers were Vivian Pitchforth, W A Wildman and Carel Weight. From 1948–83 taught mainly part-time at St Martin’s School of Art, drawing and painting. Between 1955–68 did graphic work for various outlets including Phoenix House, Bodley Head, Law Society and John Lehmann. Showed at RA Summer Exhibitions from 1950; Arts Council travelling exhibitions from 1960; Seven Dials Gallery, 1982; and Richard Allan Gallery, 1988. br Read more br Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)