Peter Coker RA (British, 1926-2004) View of Staffin on the Isle of Skye signed on the reverse "Peter Coker" oil on board h:20 w:34 cm Other Notes: Peter Coker was a pre-eminent post-war British artist. Studying at the Royal College of Art at the same time as Coker were Jack Smith John Bratby, Derek Greaves and Edward Middleditch; they became known as the Kitchen Sink School, a term coined by the critic David Sylvester in response to their unique brand of realism inspired by everyday domestic life in post-war Britain. Coker had discovered the work of Gustave Courbet while visiting Paris in 1950 and also that of Nicolas de Stael. Inspired by Courbet, Coker began to paint landscapes from nature in Normandy and Brittany by the mid-1950s. He continued to use bold colours in his landscapes, using thickly impasto paint to capture the power of natural forces. He also painted in Devon, Cornwall, Essex and, towards the end of his life, in North West Scotland. Coker published a book "Etching Techniques" in 1976. He became an Associate of the Royal College of Art in 1953, was elected a Royal Academician in 1972, and won an Arts Council Award in 1976.
Peter Coker RA (British, 1926-2004) View of Staffin on the Isle of Skye signed on the reverse "Peter Coker" oil on board h:20 w:34 cm Other Notes: Peter Coker was a pre-eminent post-war British artist. Studying at the Royal College of Art at the same time as Coker were Jack Smith John Bratby, Derek Greaves and Edward Middleditch; they became known as the Kitchen Sink School, a term coined by the critic David Sylvester in response to their unique brand of realism inspired by everyday domestic life in post-war Britain. Coker had discovered the work of Gustave Courbet while visiting Paris in 1950 and also that of Nicolas de Stael. Inspired by Courbet, Coker began to paint landscapes from nature in Normandy and Brittany by the mid-1950s. He continued to use bold colours in his landscapes, using thickly impasto paint to capture the power of natural forces. He also painted in Devon, Cornwall, Essex and, towards the end of his life, in North West Scotland. Coker published a book "Etching Techniques" in 1976. He became an Associate of the Royal College of Art in 1953, was elected a Royal Academician in 1972, and won an Arts Council Award in 1976.
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