David Carr

Born and raised in North Yorkshire, David Carr studied at the Slade School in London, where he won a coveted scholarship to study at the renowned British School in Rome. While still a student he was accorded the additional honor of being invited to join the London Group, a society that has counted among its members Henry Moore, Lucien Freud and David Hockney. He has exhibited at the prestigious Royal Academy summer exhibitions since 1966. From 1989 to 1994 he served as director of the Camden School of Art in London.

Whether painting the vista from Alamo Square in San Francisco or Sir Christopher Wren's churches in London, David Carr's paintings display a supreme mastery and a virtuosity that is always understated and never slick -- a virtuosity that enables him to render the most subtle mutations of light and sky with a spontaneous brush. A casual viewer might overlook David Carr's work in this day of overblown creative efforts. His paintings are small and intimate. But if one pauses to examine -- what reward to the discriminating eye.

David Carr sadly passed away on the 25th October 2009.

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