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| Paul Stevenson (1926- ) is
an artist in oil and pencil on carved and sawn hardboard. He was also a teacher of
considerable standing. He was born in Devonport, Plymouth, and studied architecture at the
Northern Polytechnic School of Architecture from 1943, where Cecil Stephenson greatly
influenced him, resulting in the change to painting. He also introduced him to the work of
Jean Arp and Ben Nicholson. In architecture, Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe and the
Bauhaus were all early influences. Paul Stevenson then studied painting at St. Martin's
School of Art being taught by Vivian Pitchforth, Frederick Gore and John Wheatley. Following this, he was commissioned at Sandhurst and in 1946 posted to the Middle East, where he first became aware of Cycladic Art in Cyprus. For over twenty years he has taught art, ending as Principal Lecturer in Visual Studies at the School of Art and Design in Buckinghamshire. He has exhibited his art widely, including a number of one man shows on the themes of "Sea Interludes", "Sacred Stones" and "The Chair". He has said that "the patching and painting of boats has taught me more about paintcraft than almost anything else". He is represented in numerous public and private collections including the Royal Air Force Museum in Hendon, and at the young age of 70-something, remains a youthful, vibrant, dynamic and productive artist. A new book about Paul Stevenson, his life, work and influences, will be published during 1999. He is married to Rosemary Stevenson, also an artist. |
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