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Norman Ackroyd
CBERA
Born(1938-03-26)26 March 1938
Leeds,England
Died16 September 2024(2024-09-16)(aged 86)
Bermondsey,London,England
Education
OccupationArtist
Known for
Children4 inc.Poppy Ackroyd
Websitewww.normanackroydEdit this at Wikidata

Norman AckroydCBERA(26 March 1938 – 16 September 2024) was an English visual artist known primarily for hisetchingsand work withaquatint.He lived and was based inBermondsey,London.[1]

Background

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Ackroyd was born on 26 March 1938 inLeeds,Yorkshire.[2]His father was Albert Ackroyd, abutcher,and his mother Clara Ackroyd (néeBriggs) was aweaver.[3]He attendedCockburn High School,thenLeeds College of Artfrom 1957 to 1961 and theRoyal College of Art,London, from 1961 to 1964,[1]where he studied underJulian Trevelyanand met his future wife, the artist Sylvia Buckland, alongsideDavid Hockney,Mary QuantandZandra Rhodes.[3]Subsequently, he lived for several years in the United States. He was elected to theRoyal Academy of Artin 1988[1]as an associate, then a Royal Academician in 1991, and appointed Professor of Etching,University of the Arts,in 1994. He was elected Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art in 2000, and in the2007 New Year Honourswas madeCBEfor services to Engraving and Printing.[4]

Work

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In the 1980s Ackroyd emerged as a landscape artist.Central Saint Martins College of Art and Designmounted a retrospective exhibition of these works in 2006 and kept an archive of his work. His works range from minimalist, nearly abstract impressions, to detailed images. His work almost never includes the human figure, the landscape subjects are often of old human habitation. His prints range from tiny etchings intended to be bound into books to huge etchings. His preferred medium for working directly on paper was watercolour, including a project pairing his watercolours with poems byKevin Crossley-Hollandpublished under the titleMoored Man.He designed a number of large-scale, etched reliefs in steel or bronze commissioned for architectural projects in London, Cambridge, andMoscow.[5]Other completed projects include a mural at theSainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University,showing scenes from theGalapagos,and a door atGreat Portland Estatesin London, W1.

In 2009, with poetDouglas Dunn,he publishedA Line in the Water.[6]Ackroyd's working methods are described in an issue ofArchipelago(No. III, Spring 2009).

Ackroyd's work can be found in several British and American galleries including Eames Fine Art which represents Ackroyd's work in London, and theZillah Bell Gallery(which holds the largest collection of his work in the North of England), theTate,theBritish Museum,and theNational Gallery of Art, Washington.[7][8][9][10][11]He has been in several television programmes, includingBBCdocumentaries in 1980, 2006, andWhat Do Artists Do All Day?(2013).[12]In September 2024 he was interviewed by Michael Berkeley on Radio 3's programmePrivate Passions.[13]

Personal life

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Ackroyd had four children; three daughters and a son. His daughterPoppyis a composer and musician. Ackroyd died in Bermondsey on 16 September 2024, at the age of 86.[14]

Bibliography

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  • Ackroyd, Norman (2003).The Stratton Street series.Herne Bay: Categorical Books. pp. 88pp.ISBN9781904662020.
  • Crossley-Holland, Kevin;Ackroyd, Norman (2006).Moored Man: Poems of North Norfolk.Enitharmon Press.ISBN9781904634539.
  • Ackroyd, Norman;Dunn, Douglas(2009).A Line in the Water.London: Royal Academy of Arts. p. 159.ISBN9781903973684.
  • Wyatt, John;Ackroyd, Norman (2012).The Shining Levels.Little Toller Books.ISBN9781908213037.
  • Ackroyd, Norman; Devaney, Edith (2013).Summer Exhibition Illustrated 2013.Royal Academy of Arts.ISBN9781907533433.
  • Ackroyd, Norman (2014).A Shetland Notebook.Royal Academy of Arts, London.ISBN9781907533891.[15]
  • Ackroyd, Norman (2015).A Hebridean Notebook.Royal Academy of Arts.ISBN9781910350355.
  • Ackroyd, Norman (2018).The Furthest Lands.Yorkshire Sculpture Park.ISBN9781908432438.
  • Ackroyd, Norman (2022).An Irish Notebook.Royal Academy of Arts.p. 96.ISBN9781912520619.

References

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  1. ^abc"Norman Ackroyd - Artist - Royal Academy of Arts".Royal Academy.Retrieved17 September2024.
  2. ^"Birthdays",The Guardian,p. 37, 26 March 2014
  3. ^abGillman, Peter(25 September 2024)."Norman Ackroyd obituary | Art | The Guardian".The Guardian.Archived fromthe originalon 26 September 2024.Retrieved26 September2024.
  4. ^United Kingdom:"No. 58196".The London Gazette(1st supplement). 30 December 2006. pp. 1–28.
  5. ^Emison, Patricia (2017)."Norman Ackroyd's Collectors".Art in Print.7(1): 28–31.
  6. ^Reilly, Samuel (20 December 2018)."An interview with Norman Ackroyd - Apollo Magazine".Apollo Magazine.Retrieved17 September2024.
  7. ^"Norman Ackroyd born 1938 - Tate".Tate Britain.Retrieved17 September2024.
  8. ^"Norman Ackroyd Landscape, 1973".National Gallery of Art.Retrieved17 September2024.
  9. ^"Norman Ackroyd - British Museum".British Museum.Retrieved17 September2024.
  10. ^Miers, Mary (6 September 2015)."Norman Ackroyd at Eames Fine Art Gallery, London".Country Life.Retrieved17 September2024.
  11. ^"Norman Ackroyd CBE RA".Zillah Bell.Retrieved17 September2024.
  12. ^"What Do Artists Do All Day?: Norman Ackroyd (episode 1 of 3)".BBC. 19 March 2013.Retrieved23 March2013.
  13. ^"BBC Radio 3 - Private Passions, Norman Ackroyd".BBC.8 September 2024.Retrieved17 September2024.
  14. ^"Norman Ackroyd obituary: energetic Yorkshire born and bred artist".The Times. 18 September 2024.Retrieved18 September2024.
  15. ^Kirkwood, Holly (10 August 2014)."Book review: Norman Ackroyd: A Shetland Notebook".Country Life (magazine).Retrieved17 September2024.
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