Robyn Denny b. 1930 (BAA 1959-65) Born in Abinger, Surrey. 1951-54 St Martin’s School of Art. 1954-57 Royal College of Art. 1958 first one-man exhibition Gallery One; Italian State Scholarship. 1957-59 taught part- time Hammersmith College of Art. Taught BAA part-time from 1959, travelling from London. Taught basic design; largely responsible for content of Visual Communications Course. Executed murals at Abbey Wood Primary School 1959 (there followed other commissions for public buildings.) 1960 Situation RBA Galleries. 1961-63 Art critic for Das Kunstwerk (Baden). 1962 one-man exhibitions Milan & Stuttgart. 1963-64 Art critic for Art International, since written for many publications. 1963 British Painting in the Sixties Whitechapel Art Gallery. 1965 one-man exhibition Robert Elkon Gallery, New York. 1965-72 taught Slade School of Art. 1966 Venice Biennale. 1967 Visiting Professor, Minneapolis School of Art. 1969 first of several one-man exhibitions Waddington Galleries. 1973 retrospective Tate Gallery (British Council European Tour). Frequent one-man exhibitions Europe and USA. 1984 began commission for London Transport, Embankment Station. 1988 Exhibition Road. Painters at the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Art. 26 Track 4 1961 oil on canvas 72 x 72 inches signed and dated verso Private Collection |