Timeline

1908–1914

Studied at Leeds School of Art

1914–1918

Studied at the Royal College of Art

1918

Studied at the Slade School

1932

Turned to abstraction

1935

Exhibited with the 7 & 5 Society, the Constructivists, and with the Artists’ International Association

1930–1939

Worked at the Mall Studios, Hampstead, where his neighbours included Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth

1951

Designed a mural for the Festival of Britain

1922–1955

Stephenson was head of art teaching in the architectural department of the Northern Polytechnic in the Holloway Road

1958

Won a prize for his mural design for the British Industrial Pavilion at the Brussels International Exhibition

1953–1959

Exhibited with the London Group

1960

One-man show at the Drian Galleries