Tom Carr : Sporting Painter
Thursday 15th December
11:00am
Professor Ann Massey
This talk will explore the work of Tom Carr (1912-1977), one of the twentieth century’s leading sporting artists. He was a child prodigy, gifted at drawing the horses and hunts around him as he grew up near the border between England and Scotland. He studied fine art for two years full-time at King’s College Newcastle, then part of Durham University. He was taught by Lawrence Gowing who encouraged him to draw and paint from life. He then forged a career as a sporting artist with the support of his wife, Sarah Carr, who managed the business side of his thirty-year career. Overall, he captured the spirit and movement of horses and their riders for some forty hunts nationally, from the Cottesmore to the Braes of Derwent, the Jed Forest to the Heythrop.
He also drew and painted the Grand National, polo matches and military subjects, produced etchings and contributed illustrations to books and magazines. His work is in the collections of Alnwick Castle, Durham Cathedral and his archive has recently been donated by the family to the British Sporting Art Trust. The collection includes sketchbooks, letters, cash books and his studio stamp.
Anne Massey is the granddaughter of Tom Carr. She is a researcher, curator and writer and about Pop Art and Design.
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Thursday 15th December
11:00am
Professor Ann Massey
This talk will explore the work of Tom Carr (1912-1977), one of the twentieth century’s leading sporting artists. He was a child prodigy, gifted at drawing the horses and hunts around him as he grew up near the border between England and Scotland. He studied fine art for two years full-time at King’s College Newcastle, then part of Durham University. He was taught by Lawrence Gowing who encouraged him to draw and paint from life. He then forged a career as a sporting artist with the support of his wife, Sarah Carr, who managed the business side of his thirty-year career. Overall, he captured the spirit and movement of horses and their riders for some forty hunts nationally, from the Cottesmore to the Braes of Derwent, the Jed Forest to the Heythrop.
He also drew and painted the Grand National, polo matches and military subjects, produced etchings and contributed illustrations to books and magazines. His work is in the collections of Alnwick Castle, Durham Cathedral and his archive has recently been donated by the family to the British Sporting Art Trust. The collection includes sketchbooks, letters, cash books and his studio stamp.
Anne Massey is the granddaughter of Tom Carr. She is a researcher, curator and writer and about Pop Art and Design.
Book Here
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