Henry Mundy (abstract painter)

{{Short description|British artist (1919-2019)}}

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{{Infobox artist

| name = Henry Mundy

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|1|13}}

| birth_place = Birkenhead, Wirral, Cheshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|2|27|1919|1|13|df=y}}

| death_place = Bude, Cornwall, England

| spouse = {{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Gillian Ayres|1951|1976|end=div}}

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| field = {{ubl|Painting|}}

| education = {{Indented plainlist|

• {{ubl|St Francis Xavier School, Birkenhead}}
• {{ubl|Laird School of Art (1933–37)}}
• {{ubl|Camberwell School of Art (1946–50) taught by Victor Pasmore, Sir William Coldstream, Sir Lawrence Gowing and Michael Rothenstein, and studied illustration under John Minton and Edward Ardizzone}}

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| children = 2

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| movement = Abstract art

| works = Cluster (1961)

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| awards = John Moores Painting Prize (1961)

| website = {{URL|https://artuk.org/discover/artists/mundy-henry-19192019|Henry Mundy – Art UK}}

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Henry Mundy (13 January 1919 – 27 February 2019) was an English abstract painter and teacher.{{Cite web |date=20 May 2019 |title=Henry Mundy, abstract painter who took a long break from the art scene and destroyed much of his own work – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/05/20/henry-mundy-abstract-painter-took-long-break-art-scene-destroyed/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221114313/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/05/20/henry-mundy-abstract-painter-took-long-break-art-scene-destroyed/ |archive-date=21 Feb 2024 |website=The Daily Telegraph}}{{Cite web |title=Henry Mundy {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/henry-mundy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221124636/https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/henry-mundy |archive-date=21 Feb 2024 |website=Royal Academy of Arts}}

Born in Birkenhead, Cheshire Mundy was one of ten children and attended St Francis Xavier School and Laird School of Art (1933–37). Moving to London to study at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts (1946–50) alongside Anthony Eyton, Terry Frost, Andrew Forge and Gillian Ayres whom he would marry in 1951.

Taught at Saint Martin's School of Art (1966–82) and Bath School of Art and Design (1959–66).