PLUMB, John

John Plumb British 1927- 2008

John Plumb, painter, print maker and teacher. He studied at the Luton School of Art 1942–5; the Byam Shaw School 1948–50 and the Central School 1952–5. His tutors were Anthony Gross, Victor Pasmore, William Turnbull and Keith Vaughan. He quickly began exhibiting soon after leaving his art studies and supplemented his income with teaching. He taught at Luton School of Art 1955-61, Maidstone College of Art 1961-6, and Bennington College, Vermont 1968-9. Eventually he became Senior Lecturer in Painting at the Central School of Art and Design, London 1969-1982.

At an young age of 26, he was represented in the A.I.A. abstract exhibitions 1953 and 1957; in the ‘Situation’ exhibitions 1960 and 1961 and in a group exhibition at Leverkusen 1961. Group exhibitions since this date include British Painting 1974, Hayward Gallery, London; Art 90, Olympia, London 1990 and Art & the 60s: This Was Tomorrow, Tate Britain, 2004. His First one-man exhibition was at Gallery One in 1957. He has since had solo exhibitions at many galleries throughout the UK, including the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol 1967, London Arts Gallery 1970, Bohun Gallery Henley-on-Thames 1995 and 1997 and The Atkinson Gallery, Somerset 2002. He also painted murals for the temporary U.I.A. Congress Buildings in 1961.

Upon his death in 2008, his long term partner Mark Harvey, inherited his studio contents. Much of which had been stored until recently.

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