Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher
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Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher (1923–2004) was a British artist and art critic, and is best known for his 1962 book The London Nobody Knows.
Career
[edit]Fletcher was born in Bolton, Lancashire and educated at the University of London and the Slade School of Art and won a scholarship from the British School at Rome.[1] His drawings appeared in British newspapers such as The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and he worked for The Daily Telegraph, writing and illustrating a column, from 1962 to 1990. He used this medium to promote his drawings and texts about London, focusing on such mundane sights as gas lamps, Edwardian tea rooms, cast-iron lavatories and crumbling terraces. The term 'Geoffrey Fletcher London' is used to refer to his idiosyncratic descriptions.[2]
His best-known work, The London Nobody Knows, was made into a documentary film in 1967, directed by Norman Cohen and featuring British actor James Mason.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- Town's Eye View (1960)
- The London Nobody Knows (1962)
- Popular Art in England (1962)
- City Sights (1963)
- London Overlooked (1964)
- London's River (1965)
- Pearly Kingdom (1965)
- Elements of Sketching (1966)
- Down Among The Meths Men (1966)
- Offbeat in London (1966)
- Offbeat In the City of London (1966)
- London's Pavement Pounders (1967)
- Sketch It In Colour (1967)
- Sketching In Colour (1968)
- Geoffrey Fletcher's London (1968)
- Changing London (1969)
- London After Dark (1969)
- Pocket Guide to Dickens' London (1969)
- London (1970)
- The London Dickens Knew (1970)
- Sketching at Home and Abroad (Pitman Correspondence College) (1970)
- London Souvenirs (1973)
- Paint it Yourself in Oils (1973)
- Italian Impressions (1974)
- Paint it in Watercolour (1974)
- Sketch it in Black and White (1975)
- Figure and Portrait Drawing (1978)
- Portraits of London (1978)
- London At My Feet (1980)
- Beginner's Guide to Painting, Drawing and Sketching (1982)
- London: A Private View (1990)
Personal papers
[edit]Islington Local History Centre holds artworks, sketchbooks and personal papers of Geoffrey Fletcher.[4]
London Metropolitan Archives (https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma) have sketchbooks and artworks by Geoffrey Fletcher. Some of which can be seen on The London Picture Archive at: https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/quick-search?q=geoffrey%20fletcher%20&WINID=1587640297184
References
[edit]- ^ "Geoffrey Fletcher at englishbuildings.blogspot.com".
- ^ "Past exhibitions: Geoffrey Fletcher's City Sights". Guildhall Art Gallery. 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
- ^ "The London Nobody Knows (film)". Imdb.com.
- ^ "Special Collections leaflet" (PDF). Islington Local History Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
External links
[edit]- 153 artworks by or after Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher at the Art UK site
- WorldCat - Geoffrey S. Fisher
- Ashtead.org — Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher
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