Charles Bray (born 1922) is a British painter and glass sculptor. He was born in Salford, Manchester, England. Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England.
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Early years
He was brought up, an only child, in a two-up-two-down terraced house, in Salford, where his father worked as a lorry driver. In Architecture and City planning, a terrace(d or row house or townhouse (though the latter term can also refer to Patio houses A strong artistic influence came through his mother, who was musical and his maternal great-grandfather, a stonemason. The craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of Civilization - creating Buildings structures and Sculpture using stone from the earth He failed the scholarship exam for Grammar school, but became top of his secondary school, Halton Bank School, by the age of 13. A grammar school is one of several different types of School in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational Institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling known as Secondary education, takes He later attended Openshaw Technical College [1] and studied to belong to the Society of Designer Craftsmen [2]. Openshaw is an area of the City of Manchester, in North West England. Institute of technology, and polytechnic, are designations employed in a wide range of learning institutions awarding different types of degrees and operating often at variable He began employment with a firm of church furnishers.
When he turned 18, Charles Bray joined the Royal Navy, at the start of World War Two, and served on HMS Rodney and HMS Diomede. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Rodney, at least the last five after Admiral George Brydges Rodney. Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Diomede: ''Diomede'', a fourth-rate ship of the line completed in 1781 and broken up After the end of the war, he attended Freckleton Teacher training college, under the Emergency Teacher Training Scheme [3], set up after the implementation of the Education Act 1944. A teacher training college is a College of Higher education that specialises in training Students to be Teachers Many universities The Education Act 1944 changed the education system for secondary Schools in England and Wales.
Teaching
He taught for two years in Manchester, specialising in music, woodwork and metalwork and then entered Goldsmiths College to study painting and sculpture. For the Memphis department store see Goldsmith's. For other uses of the term "Goldsmiths" see Goldsmith (disambiguation. Upon returning to teach at Manchester, Charles Bray then moved to Cumberland (Cumbria) in 1955, to teach art at Eden School [4], Carlisle. Cumberland is one of the 39 Historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 (excluding Carlisle from 1915 and now forms part of Boundaries and divisions Cumbria is neighboured by Northumberland, County Durham, North Yorkshire, Lancashire, and the Lieutenancy Carlisle (pronounced CARLYLE(emphasis on the first syllable is a City in northern England the largest settlement in Cumbria. He married Margaret Ingram, a textile artist (who died in 1992). In 1962, Charles Bray worked at Sunderland Teacher Training College, and then became Head of Ceramic Art at Sunderland College of Art. Sunderland (, or /ˈsʌn(dlən/ is a City in Tyne and Wear, England. Ceramics and ceramic art in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired to form a ceramic. The University of Sunderland is located in Sunderland, North East England. Charles Bray set up courses on ceramic glazes for teachers, and established a glass degree course at SCA [5]. In 1976, he attended the Hot Glass Conference at the Royal College of Art which proved a major watershed in the development of Studio Glass in England. The Royal College of Art ( RCA) is a University in London, England. Subsequently, he was instrumental in setting up British Artists in Glass [6] (now the Contemporary Glass Society [7]) to promote and support the work of glass artists in the UK.
Art career
 Glass Object - Charles Bray. Glass sculpture on stone plinth. |
 Brown Shapes - Charles Bray. Oil on board. |
 Blues Shapes - Charles Bray. Oil on board. |
 Tall Panel - Charles Bray. Glass, steel and local stone garden sculpture. |
Charles Bray has drawn influence from form and line observed from naval objects, and by the artists Ben Nicholson and Henry Moore. Benjamin Lauder Nicholson OM, ( 10 April 1894 &ndash 6 February 1982) known as Ben Nicholson, was an English Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986 was an English artist and sculptor. This is evident in his prolific paintings and drawings. Later influences from the Cumbria landscape, and rock strata, were instrumental in a change of artistic direction. In Geology and related fields a stratum (plural strata) is a layer of rock or Soil with internally consistent characteristics that distinguishes His glass work demonstrates this influence. Charles Bray’s glass work can be classed in two groups. The first consists of blown bowls, etched with shapes reflecting landscape influences. Secondly, nature plays a strong influence in his glass sculpture, much of which is experimental and varied.
Honours and publications
Charles Bray is a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology [8], a Fellow of the University of Sunderland [9] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts [10]. A fellow in the broadest sense is someone who is an equal or a comrade The University of Sunderland is located in Sunderland, North East England. The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce ( RSA) is a British multi-disciplinary institution based in London. He is the author of important glass art and glass technology reference books including A Dictionary of Glass, Ceramics & Glass – A Basic Technology and Glass Blowing [11]. The British Library Sound Archive, London, holds an extensive and informative recorded interview with Charles Bray, conducted by Hawksmoor Hughes [12], on 23rd October 2007. The British Library Sound Archive in London, England is one of the largest collections of recorded sound in the world including Music, spoken word and
Exhibitions and collections
Charles Bray has exhibited in Britain, Europe and the United States. Private collectors of his work include Margrethe II of Denmark, and ex-king Constantine II of Greece. Early life Princess Margrethe was born, to Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Ingrid. Early life Constantine was born at Psychiko, near Athens, the nephew of King George II and the second child and only son of the King's brother and His work is in a number of public collections some of which are:
- Turner Museum of Glass, Sheffield. The Turner Museum of Glass is housed in the Department of Engineering Materials at the University of Sheffield 's Mappin Street Campus in Sheffield, England
- Musee du Verre [13], Sars Poteries.
- Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. The Shipley Art Gallery is an art gallery situated in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
- Salford City Art Gallery [14], Salford.
- Crystalex, Novy Bor [15], Czechoslovakia.
- Corning Museum of Glass, New York. The Corning Museum of Glass grants permission to Wikipedia to include text from its website in the article below
- Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow.
- Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh. For other museums called the Royal Museum see Royal Museum (disambiguation.
- Ulster Museum, Belfast. The Ulster Museum is located in the Botanical Gardens in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has around 8000 square metres of public display space featuring
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