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David Inshaw

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David Inshaw (born 21 March 1943 in Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England) is a British artist who sprang to public attention in 1973 when his painting The Badminton Game was exhibited at the ICA Summer Studio exhibition in London.Edward Lucie-Smith. 'New British Realists.' In: The Sunday Times Colour Supplement, 14 October 1973. The painting was subsequently acquired by the Tate Gallery The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions. Tate Gallery, London, 1984, p.143. and is one of several paintings from the 1970s that won him critical acclaim and a wide audience. Others include The Raven, Our days were a joy and our paths through flowers, She did not turn, The Cricket Game, Presentiment and The River Bank (Ophelia).

Career

David Inshaw studied at Beckenham School of Art in 1959–63 and the Royal Academy Schools in 1963-66. A teaching post at the West of England College of Art, Bristol, in 1966–75 was followed by a two-year fellowship in Creative Art at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1975–77. Inshaw moved to Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1971 and formed the Broadheath Brotherhood with Graham and Ann Arnold in 1972. The three artists were joined by Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, and Graham and Annie Ovenden in 1975, when the group was renamed the Brotherhood of Ruralists. The Ruralists exhibited together for the first time at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 1976, and Inshaw left the group seven years later, in 1983. He moved to Clyro near Hay-on-Wye in 1989 but returned to Devizes in 1995 and has lived there since.Dominic Lutyens. 'Ruralist's Retreat.' In: The Telegraph Magazine, 4 October 2008, pp.86-91.Tristan Pollard. 'David Inshaw: Rural Dreamer.' In: Art Magazine, Winter 2010, pp.21-24.

Inshaw's paintings are held in many private and public collections, including the Arts Council of Great Britain, Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, the British Council, the Royal West of England Academy, Tate Britain and Wiltshire Museum.

A major book on Inshaw's life and work was published in 2010,Andrew Lambirth. David Inshaw: Between Fantasy and Reality. Tabretts Fine Art, 2010. the David Inshaw website and on-line gallery was launched in 2011, and Inshaw was made an honorary Doctor of Letters by Durham University in 2012.[http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/allnews/?itemno=14888 Durham University News], 26 June 2012. An exhibition of new paintings and The Badminton Game (on loan from Tate Britain) was held at the Fine Art Society, London, in 2013 Robert Upstone. [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/robert-upstone/david-inshaw-in-coversati_b_1908853.html 'David Inshaw in Conversation'.] The Huffington Post, 24 September 2012.Andrew Lambirth. [http://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/03/the-great-romantic/ 'David Inshaw: The Great Romantic'.], The Spectator, 2 March 2013, pp.42-43.Robert Upstone. [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/robert-upstone/david-inshaw-the-greatest_b_3076024.html 'David Inshaw: The Greatest Living Proponent of the English Romantic Tradition'.], The Huffington Post, 13 April 2013. with a second exhibition in 2015 to coincide with an updated edition of Andrew Lambirth's book on the artist.Andrew Lambirth. [http://www.unicornpress.org/page/detail/David-Inshaw/?K=9781910065105 David Inshaw.] Unicorn Press, 2015.Andrew Lambirth. [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/oct/02/david-inshaw-changed-landscape-of-art Another England: How David Inshaw Changed the Landscape of Art.] The Guardian, 2 October 2015. Bonjour Mr Inshaw is a collection of poetry inspired by Inshaw's art written by Peter Robinson and illustrated with David Inshaw's works.{{Cite book|title=Bonjour Mr Inshaw|last=Robinson|first=Peter|publisher=Two Rivers Press Ltd|year=2020|isbn=978-1-909747-56-2}}

Selected exhibitions

  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1966}}|event=Young Contemporaries. RBA Galleries, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1969}}|event=David Inshaw. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1972}}|event=David Inshaw: Recent Paintings and Prints. Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1973}}|event=Summer Studio. Institute of Contemporary Arts, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1975}}|event=David Inshaw: Paintings, Collages, Pastels and Drawings. Waddington Galleries, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1976}}|event=The Brotherhood of Ruralists. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1977}}|event=David Inshaw: Paintings and Drawings. Trinity College, Cambridge.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1978}}|event=David Inshaw. Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Sussex.David Inshaw. Academy Editions, London, 1978.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1980}}|event=David Inshaw. Waddington Galleries, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1983}}|event=The Definitive Nude. Tate Gallery, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1984}}|event=David Inshaw. Waddington Galleries, London.Christopher Neve. 'One moment one summer'. In: Country Life, 4 October 1984.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1987}}|event=David Inshaw. Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1989}}|event=David Inshaw. Waddington Galleries, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1995}}|event=David Inshaw: Recent Paintings and Drawings. Theo Waddington Fine Art, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1996}}|event=David Inshaw. Annandale Gallery, Sydney, Australia.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1998}}|event=David Inshaw: Recent Paintings. Theo Waddington Fine Art, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2003}}|event=Friends and Influences. Royal West of England Academy, Bristol.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2004}}|event=Art of the Garden. Tate Britain, London.Martin Postle. 'The Badminton Game.' In: Art of the Garden, Tate Publishing, London, 2004, pp.122-23.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2004}}|event=David Inshaw: Moments of Vision (Between Fantasy and Reality). Agnew's, London.Rachel Campbell-Johnston. 'Pastoral Magical.' In: The Times, 25 September 2004, pp.18-19.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2005}}|event=David Inshaw: Paintings from 1965 to 2005. Narborough Hall, Norfolk.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2007}}|event=David Inshaw: West Bay Beatitudes. Sladers Yard, West Bay, Dorset.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2008}}|event=David Inshaw: Between Dreaming and Waking. The Millinery Works, London.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2013}}|event=Paintings by David Inshaw. The Fine Art Society, London.[http://thefineartsociety.com/exhibitions/66/overview/ Paintings by David Inshaw]. The Fine Art Society, London, 17 April - 11 May 2013.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2013}}|event=David Inshaw: Recent Paintings. Sladers Yard, West Bay, Dorset.[https://sladersyard.wordpress.com/david-inshaw-recent-paintings/ David Inshaw: Recent Paintings]. Sladers Yard, West Bay, Dorset, 28 September - 17 November 2013.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2015}}|event=David Inshaw: New Paintings. The Fine Art Society, London.[http://thefineartsociety.com/exhibitions/29/overview/ David Inshaw: New Paintings]. The Fine Art Society, London, 16 September - 1 October 2015.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2019}}|event=David Inshaw: Looking Back, Looking Forward. The Saatchi Gallery, London.[https://www.redfern-gallery.com/news/63/ David Inshaw: Looking Back, Looking Forward]. The Saatchi Gallery, London, 3–6 October 2019.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2019}}|event=David Inshaw: A Vision of Landscape. The Redfern Gallery, London.[https://www.redfern-gallery.com/exhibitions/52/ David Inshaw: A Vision of Landscape]. The Redfern Gallery, London, 9 October - 7 November 2019.}}

Filmography

  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1974}}|event=Private Landscapes, a BBC documentary produced by John Carlaw and directed by Keith Shearer.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1977}}|event=Summer with the Brotherhood, a BBC documentary produced and directed by John Read.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1984}}|event=Between Dreaming and Waking, a film for the BBC's Arena series directed by Geoffrey Haydon.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2005}}|event=The Mystical West, episode six of the BBC series A Picture of Britain, presented by David Dimbleby.}}
  • {{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|2011}}|event=Hidden Paintings of the West, a BBC documentary about The Badminton Game, presented by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.}}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.davidinshaw.net/ The David Inshaw website and on-line gallery] Examines the artist's career to date, with an online gallery of over 200 artworks.
  • [http://www.unicornpress.org/page/detail/David-Inshaw/?K=9781910065105 Unicorn Press] Publisher of Andrew Lambirth's book, David Inshaw.
  • [https://tworiverspress.com/product-category/british-art/ Two Rivers Press] Publisher of Bonjour Mr. Inshaw
  • [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/inshaw-the-badminton-game-t03189/text-catalogue-entry The Badminton Game] at Tate Britain, London.

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