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Leonard Appelbee

Leonard Appelbee (1914 - 2000) was active/lived in United Kingdom.  Leonard Appelbee is known for Portrait, figure, and still life painting.

Leonard John Appelbee, painter and teacher: born London November 13, 1914; married 1939 Frances Macdonald.  He was a fine portrait and still-life painter.  Bearded and bluff in his nautical cap, he epitomized the confident Chelsea Bohemian.  Behind that Falstaffian front was a deeply sensitive artist, subject to sterile depressive periods, whose work had suffered a quarter-century of neglect.  Leonard studied at Goldsmiths' College, from 1931 to 1935.
 
Fellow students included the now cult writer and artist Denton Welch, a distinguished staff, under Clive Gardiner, including Paul Drury, James Bateman, Joseph McCullough and John Mansbridge, an especial influence.  "He would encourage you and get excited about an idea."

An even greater influence, at the Royal College of Art, 1935-38, was Barnett Freedman.
The Coldstream Report, produced by the painter Sir William Coldstream in 1960, prompted a major reorganization of art teaching, and App   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3657 characters.]  Artist bio

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