Sam Dodwell RI (1909, London – 1990) was an English painter. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e
Life and work
Sam Dodwell discovered painting at an early age and at the age of 18, while visiting Cornwall on holiday, decided that the county would be his future home. Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar He was initially prevented from this ambition by family pressure and by the Depression, and took up a career in banking. He rose to the top of a US bank in London and also served through World War II as an RAF Squadron Leader. 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 Squadron Leader is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence
In his late fifties, he suffered three major heart attacks. After then experimental open-heart surgery, predicted to give him four more years of life, he lived 23 years, during which he achieved his ambition. Cardiac surgery is Surgery on the Heart and/or Great vessels performed by a Cardiac surgeon. moving to Cornwall to take up a career as prolific painter.
He painted daily, his works inspired by regional subjects, in various media: oils, charcoal, gouache or watercolour. Oil painting is the process of painting with Pigments that are bound with a medium of Drying oil — especially in early modern Europe Linseed oil Charcoal' is the blackish residue consisting of impure Carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from Animal and Vegetation Gouache, Pronounced "Gouash" (from the Italian guazzo, "water paint splash" or bodycolor (the term preferred by art historians Watercolor ( US) or Watercolour ( UK) (and "aquarelle" in French is a Painting method His style was inspired by Impressionism, especially Cézanne, and later Cubism. Impressionism was a 19th-century Art movement that began as a loose association of Paris -based Artists exhibiting their art publicly in the 1860s Cubism was a 20th century Avant-garde Art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European
During his career he exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (of which he was an elected member). This article refers to an art institution in London For other meanings of Royal Academy see Royal Academy (disambiguation. The Royal Society of British Artists ( RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy The Royal Society of Portrait Painters is a British association of portrait painters which holds an annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, is one of the societies in the Federation of British His commissions included large sunflower paintings for the Imperial Hotel, Torquay, and a mural for the American Chamber of Commerce in London. Torquay (tɔrˈkiː is a town in the Unitary authority of Torbay and ceremonial county of Devon, England. A chamber of commerce (also referred to in some circles as a board of trade) is a form of Business network. He also taught at schools, art societies, studio groups, via television and also to Prince Charles.
He was closely associated with the Mid-Cornwall Galleries at St Blazey Gate from their creation in 1980; he is commemorated at this venue by a Sam Dodwell Gallery. St Blazey, or St Blaise, is a small town and Civil parish in the Restormel district of mid- Cornwall, in England, UK. A major retrospective exhibition, including some 50 of his works, was staged there in February 2007.
 Onion Seller |
 Hastings Fishing Boats |
 Charcoal Nude |
 Jazz |
 Marguerites |
References
- Work of artist who taught Prince Charles, Western Daily Press, Bristol, England, February 24, 2007
- Sam Dodwell RI, artist profile, MCG
- Play it again, Sam!: A Retrospective of the paintings of Sam Dodwell R.I.
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