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john mccombs – summer evening

john mccombs – summer evening

Medium – Oil
Size – 14ins x 18ins
Cost – £850

Biography of Artist

BORN IN MANCHESTER 1943
STUDIED PAINTING ATST. MARTIN’S COLLEGE OF ART IN LONDON (1962-67)UNDER – GORE, KOSSOFF AND REYNOLDS.

NATIONAL DIPLOMA OF ART AND DESIGN (N.D.D.) 1966

WON THE “COLLEGE PRIZE” 1966

AWARDED THE “DAVID MURRAY SCHOLARSHIP” BY THE ROYAL ACADEMY1966

AWARDED POST GRADUATE YEAR AT ST. MARTIN’S 1967

AFTER COLLEGE RETURNED NORTH TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL ARTIST AND
SETTLED IN SADDLEWORTH

ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE MANCHESTER ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS (M.A.F.A.) AND ONTO ITS’ COUNCIL, SELECTION AND HANGING COMMITTEES

ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL INSTITUE OF OIL PAINTERS (RO.!,) AND ONTO ITS’ COUNCIL, SELECTION AND HANGING COMMITTEES

ELECTED A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS (F.RS.A.)

ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS (RB.A.) 1998

WON “THE STANLEY GRIMM PRIZE” RO.!’ EXHIBITION 1990

WON “THE PEOPLE’S PRIZE” MANCHESTER ACADEMY 1991

HAS WORK IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IN PUBLIC

COLLECTIONS IN THE NORTH WEST INCLUDING MANCHESTER CITY ART GALLERY

WORK ILLUSTRATED IN MANY ART BOOKS AND’ MAGAZINES AND SHOWN ON

TELEVISION THE MAIN PRIZE (ALAN GOURLEY MEMORIAL AWARD) RO.!’ EXHIBITION 2001

FOUNDER MEMBER OF THE “NEW MANCHESTER GROUP” OF ARTISTS 2003

AWARDED ‘LE CLERC FOWLE MEDAL’ RO.!’ EXHIBITION 2007

ELECTED PRESIDENT OF MANCHESTER ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS 2009

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    Date:

    July 9, 2020

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