Artist Keywords

John Edwards

John Uzzell Edwards (1937 - 2014) was active/lived in England, Wales.  John Edwards is known for Painting.

John Uzzell Edwards, also known as Uzzell Edwards, was born in 1934, in Deri; a former coal-mining village in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, England.  He attended Bargoed Grammar School and later took a series of jobs, where he was made redundant but made enough money to be able to move to Paris in 1956, where he could pursue his interest in painting, visiting galleries and museums in the French capital.  However, he later returned to Wales, where he worked in Pembrokeshire and exhibited in Tenby.

Uzzell Edwards was inspired by Welsh and Celtic art and craft, including Welsh quilts, Celtic crosses and stone inscriptions, mediaeval tiles and ancient manuscripts.  He describes his technique as being concerned with pure painting'', rather than picture making.  He exhibited widely across the UK and internationally including the Inter-Celtic festival at L'Orient, Brittany.

In 1996 he was commissioned by the Shakespeare Institute to paint any Shakespearean chara   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2144 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 73 auction lots for John Edwards (of which 55 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by John Edwards as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists John Edwards in 0 of its research Essays. John Edwards has 2 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for John Edwards available:    Mike Jones,  Gareth Thomas,  Alan Williams,  Leonard Beard,  David Tress,  Claudia Williams,  Valerie Ganz,  Stephen John Owen,  David Grosvenor,  Andrew Vicari,  Rob Piercy,  Nick Holly,  Wyn Hughes,  Bert Isaac,  Iwan Gwyn Parry,  Naomi Tydeman,  Howell Davies,  David Griffiths,  Roger Cecil,  William Selwyn,  Karl Davies,  Ronald Lowe,  David Lloyd Griffith,  Wilf Roberts