Timeline

1941 - 1946

Army service, works as a clerk and German interpreter meets Graham Sutherland, John Craxton and John Minton

1946 - 1948

Teaches at Camberwell School of Art

1948 - 1952

Teaches at Central School of Art, shares a house with John Minton

1965 - 1977

Lives and works in London, teaching at the Slade and spending weekends and longer periods in the Essex counryside

1912

Born Selsey Bill, Sussex

1931-8

Works for advertising agency Lintas, painting in spare time

1939

Spends a year painting in the country

1951

Commissioned to paint mural for the Dome of Discovery at the Festival of Britain

1952

Moves to Hampstead, first sees the work of De Stael at the Matthiesen Gallery, London

1959

Travels to USA visiting Iowa (where he has a residency), Mexico and Chicago.

1964

Made Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art

1965

Holidays in North Africa, with major effects on subsequent work. Awarded the CBE

1977

Died 4th November in his studio