Adrian Bartlett was born in London and studied at Camberwell School of Art. He was elected a member of the London Group in 1979 and became President in 1993. He established the printmaking studios at Morley College with the artist Birgit Skiold. For a time he lived between the UK and Greece, exhibiting in both countries. In 1982 he published Drawing and Painting the Landscape (Phaidon Press), and in 1983 British Art in the Eighties (Bergren Press).

Glossary

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.