Derek J Stafford
Born: 12 June 1928
Doncaster, Yorkshire
School: Thorne Grammer School, Yorkshire
Army: 1944 for 4 years non-combatant
Royal College 4 October 1948 for 3 years
of Art: Awarded a Gregory Scholarship
Mevagessy : Worked 1 year on a fishing boat
'The Manxman'
Did a lot of paintings on bottoms of old shoe Boxes.
Teaching: Bradford Regional College of Art for 4 years.
Students: David Hockney, David Oxtoby,
Norman Stevens, John Loker,
Michael Vaughn
Exhibitions: The Royal Academy, London
The London Group
NE AC. New English Art Club
Royal Society of Watercolour Artists
Beaux Arts, London
Leicester Galleries
Hanover Gallery, London
RBA. Royal British Artists
The Little Studio Gallery, New York
The Betty Parsons Art Gallery, New York
Artists,
acquaintances: David Bomberg, Augustus John, Francis Bacon,Rothko,
Picasso, Klein, Michael Andrews, Rothko, de Kooning,
Milton Resnick, Ron Kitaj, Dart
Writers: Bill Bryden, David Storey, Frank Hilton, David Mercer,