Henry ISRAEL

Henry ISRAEL
1933
2017

Henry Israel studied at South West Essex and Chelsea School of Art in the 1950s. In 1961 he moved to Cornwall with the painter Caeria STRONG.

He taught painting and drawing at adult education classes throughout north and mid Cornwall for 35 years. He was on the panel of lecturers for South West Arts, and a member of the Camel Arts Society in Wadebridge.

His early works were abstract but in later years he allowed figurative forms to emerge. He became interested in the possibilities of black-and-white photography but the paint itself was always a hugely important aspect of his working practice, becoming 'a metaphor for visual experience ... not limited to description or imitation'.

He exhibited drawings and black-and-white photographs together with Richard Meyer in Camelford in 2005. Meyer regarded him as his mentor - a stern but enormously kind teacher.

He exhibited in solo and group shows throughout his life, and formed a group with shared ideas known as the North Cornwall Seven group of artists.

media

Painter, tutor

works and access

Works incl: Kitchen (oil on plywood)

exhibitions

North Cornwall Seven Group

Falmouth Art Gallery 20 Years of Contemporary Art at Falmouth Art Gallery 1980-2000

North Cornwall Museum and Gallery, Camelford

The Camelford Gallery

The Betty Fisher Centre, Wadebridge

The Camel Arts Society, Wadebridge

The Heifer Gallery and Queenstown Galleries, London

references

Falmouth Art Gallery 20 Years of Contemporary Art at Falmouth Art Gallery 1980-2000 (Exhibition catalogue)