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John Plumb Abstract Paintings

American, 1927-2008

John Plumb, an abstract painter, was born on 6 February 1927, at Luton. He studied at the Luton School of Art 1942–45, the Byam Shaw School 1948–50 and the Central School 1952–55; under Anthony Gross, Victor Pasmore, William Turnbull and Keith Vaughan. He taught at Luton School of Art 1955–61, Maidstone College of Art 1961–66 and Bennington College, Vermont 1968–69. He became senior lecturer in painting at the Central School of Art and Design, London 1969–82. Plumb represented in the A.I.A. abstract exhibitions in 1953 and 1957, in the “Situation” exhibitions in 1960 and 1961 and in a group exhibition at Leverkusen in 1961. His group exhibitions since this date include British Painting 1974, Hayward Gallery, London; Art 90, Olympia, London 1990 and “Art & the 60s: This Was Tomorrow,” Tate Britain, 2004. Plumb held the first one-man exhibition at Gallery One 1957. He has since had solo exhibitions at many galleries throughout the UK, including the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol 1967, London Arts Gallery 1970, Bohun Gallery Henley-on-Thames 1995 and 1997 and The Atkinson Gallery, Somerset 2002. He did murals for the temporary U.I.A. Congress Buildings in 1961.

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Artist: John Plumb
Composition I - Large 20th Century Modernist Abstract Acrylic Painting
Composition I - Large 20th Century Modernist Abstract Acrylic Painting

Composition I - Large 20th Century Modernist Abstract Acrylic Painting

By John Plumb

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John Plumb English, 1927-2008 Untitled Abstract Composition I acrylic on canvas 122 x 122 cm 48 x 48 in John Plumb was an English abstract painter who emerged in Britain after World...

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20th Century Abstract John Plumb Abstract Paintings

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Untitled Abstract Composition II - Large Modern British Abstract Painting
Untitled Abstract Composition II - Large Modern British Abstract Painting

Untitled Abstract Composition II - Large Modern British Abstract Painting

By John Plumb

Located in Kingsclere, GB

John Plumb English, 1927-2008 Untitled Abstract Composition II acrylic on canvas 183 x 153 cm 72 x 60 1/4 in John Plumb was an English abstract painter who emerged in Britain after ...

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20th Century Abstract John Plumb Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

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