الخميس، 24 مايو 2012

Kerry Hallam British born 1937





























































































Kerry Hallam British born 1937
Kerry Hallam (born 12 March 1937) is a British impressionist artist who has produced approximately twelve thousand paintings and whose work is included in collections held by Brigitte Bardot and Björn Borg as well as decorating the permanent residence of Monaco's Ambassador to the United States. Hallam was trained in Chesterfield and London, and has been based in Nantucketsince 1981. Hallam has developed a reputation as a wise rogue and enjoyed success with exhibitions worldwide, including one entitled Nude Ex-Wives. His work has been shown at art galleries in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Beverly Hills.
Hallam was born in Staveley, north east Derbyshire, where he sold his first painting, a watercolourof the Lake District, at an open air market aged thirteen. He attended Chesterfield Art College for two years, going on to win a six year scholarship to London's Central School of Arts and Crafts. After studying under British masters Leslie Cole, Patrick Heron and Hans Tisdale, Hallam graduated with the National Diploma in Painting in 1957. He then spent two years in the British Army in Hong Kong and Malaya, where he was attached to the Black Watch and the Gurkha Brigade. In 1961 he returned to London, working in advertising as a draftsman and designer. In 1964, Hallam headed for the south of France to paint full time

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