School of Art

Contact Details

School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Tom Cross

Born: 1931, UK, England, Manchester   Died: 2009, Cornwall

Painter and art historian. Studied at Manchester College of Art, 1949-53, and at the Slade School of Fine Art, 1953-56. After graduating he received travel scholarships enabling him to explore Italy and France for two years. He then worked as Assistant Director of the Welsh Arts Council between 1959 and 1963 before teaching at Reading University, 1963-76, and as Principal of Falmouth School of Art, 1976-87. He is the author of two books on Cornish art colonies, 'Shining Sands, Artists in Newlyn and St. Ives 1880-1930' and 'Painting the Warmth of the Sun, St Ives Artists 1939-1975' both published in 1995. After retirement from teaching he remained in Cornwall where he continued to paint abstract landscapes inspired by the Helston Estuary

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Llettycymro I PR1506 Prints

Llettycymro II PR1507 Prints

Slots PR783 Prints

Table [Still Life?] PR782 Prints

Cader Idris??? WD688 WaterColourOrDrawings

Interior of an Old Room WD62 WaterColourOrDrawings

Sun and Currents, Helford River WD689 WaterColourOrDrawings




 
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