Peter Bishop (artist) explained

Peter Bishop
Birth Date:1953
Birth Place:Pembroke, Wales, United Kingdom[1]
Death Date:2022
Occupation:Painter
Education:Sibford School, Oxfordshire (1964-1970)

Banbury School of Art, Oxfordshire (1970-1972)

Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (1972-1975)

Institute of Education, University of London (1976-1977)

Birmingham Institute of Art and Design (1992-1995)

Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (1996-1998)

School of Art, Aberystwyth University (1998-2001)

Website:https://www.peterbishoppaintings.com/

Peter Bishop (1953 – 2022) was an English painter specialising in the mountain landscape of north Wales and was an art historian.

His book, The Mountains of Snowdonia in Art was published by Gwasg Carreg Gwalch in 2015.

Early life and education

Born in Pembroke, Peter Bishop was educated at Sibford School in Oxfordshire from 1964 to 1970. He did a two-year foundation course in art and design at Banbury and Bicester College from 1970 to 1972, then studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1972 to 1975 under Professor William Coldstream’s tenure. Tutors included Bernard Cohen and Rita Donagh. His degree show included Alpine landscape and pen and ink drawings of mountains, influenced by the writings and visual examples of John Ruskin. Later the same year he held his first solo exhibition of Alpine paintings at the Amwell Gallery, London. From 1976 to 1977 he studied art education at the Institute of Education, University of London.

In 1983 he moved to live near Ludlow in south Shropshire. From 1985 to 2003 he was a lecturer in fine art at Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology. He was also a visiting lecturer in art history at Birmingham University and a visiting tutor in painting at the University of Wolverhampton School of Art.

In 1995 he obtained an MA with distinction in the history of art from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. In 1996 he returned to the Slade to study fine art on the PhD programme, whose tutors included Bernard Cohen (fine art) and David Bindman (history of art). After two years at the Slade he transferred to Aberystwyth University School of Art where he was supervised by Professor Alistair Crawford, obtaining his PhD in 2001.[2]

Artistic career

The Alpine series of paintings continued until 1987, supplemented by landscape views of the high hills of Shropshire and the Malvern Hills. After a solo exhibition at the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery in 1987 the artist decided to concentrate on the mountains of Snowdonia as his main subject. Also in 1987 he joined the Kilvert Gallery[3] in Clyro near Hay on Wye, at the invitation of its director Elizabeth Organ. The gallery represented the artist until it closed in 2009.

Peter Bishop has been invited to participate in many group exhibitions including London's Royal Academy of Arts Summer Shows and has held ten solo exhibitions, the most recent at MOMA Wales in 2012. His work is in public and private collections. In an Arts Review, Anthony Vettise wrote 'What is very striking is the searching quality of this artist's working process, one senses the struggle to find solutions through trial and error, the building of marks and colour and the reworking of ideas. Ultimately he searches for pictorial equivalents of personal experience of his chosen landscape. The experience is romantic in its vision of grandeur of space and immensity of nature.'[4]

In 2016 the artist co-curated the exhibition ‘In Snowdonia’ at Storiel, Bangor.[5] In October 2016 he was invited to give the annual Thomas Pennant Society lecture at Holywell. He is also an invited speaker and consultant on art in Snowdonia to various audiences. In March 2018 he became the Honorary President of the Ludlow Art Society.[6]

Personal life

Peter was married to Jenny Beaumont and they had two daughters. His death from pneumonia at the age of 68 was announced on 18 July 2022.

Solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Public collections

Writings and publications by Peter Bishop

Articles

Bibliography

References

  1. News: Williams . David . 2022-07-18 . Peter Bishop obituary . 2022-07-19 . . en.
  2. 2001. Crawford, Alistair. Vision and Revision: Mountain Scenery in Snowdonia 1750–1880. en.
  3. Web site: History The Kilvert Gallery. thekilvertgallery.com. en-US. 2018-11-04.
  4. Vettise. Anthony. 4 October 1991. Regional Reviews. Arts Review. XLIII. 20. 506–507.
  5. Web site: 'In Snowdonia': art exhibition Snowdonia Society. www.snowdonia-society.org.uk. en-US. 2018-10-11.
  6. Web site: Ludlow Art Society: President's Page. Ludlow Art Society. 2018-11-15.
  7. Web site: 'Curious Travellers: Movement, Landscape, Art' – A Preview Curious Travellers. curioustravellers.ac.uk. en-GB. 2018-10-25.
  8. Web site: Bishop, Peter « MOMA Machynlleth. moma.machynlleth.org.uk. 2018-10-05.
  9. Web site: Bishop, Peter « MOMA Machynlleth. moma.machynlleth.org.uk. 2018-10-05.
  10. Web site: Mountains of Snowdonia in Art The. Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. 2018-10-05.
  11. News: How did walking trip lead to election?. Ballinger. Lucy. 2017-04-19. 2019-11-17. en-GB.
  12. Web site: Cader Idris: Wilson's view Campaign for National Parks. www.cnp.org.uk. en. 2018-10-03.
  13. Web site: Pont Aberglaslyn: a picturesque landscape Campaign for National Parks. www.cnp.org.uk. en. 2018-10-25.
  14. Web site: Snowdon from Capel Curig: a classical viewpoint Campaign for National Parks. www.cnp.org.uk. 2019-03-19.
  15. Web site: Current Issue – contents. www.britishartjournal.co.uk. 2019-03-29.
  16. Web site: Llyn Idwal: A Sublime Viewpoint Campaign for National Parks. www.cnp.org.uk. 2019-10-18.
  17. Web site: Snowdon: Wilson's view Campaign for National Parks. www.cnp.org.uk. 2020-02-11.
  18. Web site: Teithwyr-Travellers-llyfr.pdf.

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