Ian taught us graphics at Guildford in the early '60s. We knew him as 'Rib'. The painting of the fishmongers stall on the Antiques Roadshow Sunday 6 March, prompted me to find out more about him, and then found your website. I have one or two drawings I did as a student 'in his style"!! I remember him as tall and kind. I believe he lived in Putney - hence the fishmonger painting, probably. I don't have any of his work but from the images I have seen, he was an exceptional artist, with huge talent.
Hi Peter - not sure if I replied earlier but anyway thanks for your comments. Its wonderful to hear such warm recollections from so many of his former students, a fine legacy for a teacher...
I will always remember Ribs as a kind, patient and inspirational teacher who taught me so much He would quietly and patiently try and cope with his little group of would be illustrators in a room at the old mansion at Guilford .... what happy days I also recently saw the Antiques Roadshow episode which featured his painting and felt such a surge of gratitude and debt when I recognised the name and remembered Ribs and what he gave us all. The last time I saw him was as a guest for dinner at his home in what I thought was Chelsea but must have been Putney in about 1978 on a visit back to England. He was, as always, kind, generous and entertaining and genuinely interested in what his past students were up to. Good luck with the archive, it is extremely worthwhile.
Thanks Ray - appreciate your comments, and encouragement. That dinner party would have been in Chelsea - and I would have been 14. I was probably busy hoovering up the G&Ts in the background. Luckily this never developed into anything serious!
Ian taught us graphics at Guildford in the early '60s. We knew him as 'Rib'. The painting of the fishmongers stall on the Antiques Roadshow Sunday 6 March, prompted me to find out more about him, and then found your website. I have one or two drawings I did as a student 'in his style"!! I remember him as tall and kind. I believe he lived in Putney - hence the fishmonger painting, probably. I don't have any of his work but from the images I have seen, he was an exceptional artist, with huge talent.
ReplyDeleteHi Peter - not sure if I replied earlier but anyway thanks for your comments. Its wonderful to hear such warm recollections from so many of his former students, a fine legacy for a teacher...
DeleteI will always remember Ribs as a kind, patient and inspirational teacher who taught me so much
ReplyDeleteHe would quietly and patiently try and cope with his little group of would be illustrators in a room at the old mansion at Guilford .... what happy days
I also recently saw the Antiques Roadshow episode which featured his painting and felt such a surge of gratitude and debt when I recognised the name and remembered Ribs and what he gave us all.
The last time I saw him was as a guest for dinner at his home in what I thought was Chelsea but must have been Putney in about 1978 on a visit back to England. He was, as always, kind, generous and entertaining and genuinely interested in what his past students were up to.
Good luck with the archive, it is extremely worthwhile.
Thanks Ray - appreciate your comments, and encouragement. That dinner party would have been in Chelsea - and I would have been 14. I was probably busy hoovering up the G&Ts in the background. Luckily this never developed into anything serious!
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