Euan Uglow
(March 10, 1932 - August 13, 2000) |
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Euan Uglow |
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London, England |
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British |
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March 10, 1932 |
| Death: |
August 13, 2000 |
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Biography
Euan Uglow was an English figurative painter. He was born in London and went to Strand School before studying at Camberwell College of Arts from 1948 to 1950 under William Coldstream. When Coldstream left in 1951, Uglow transferred with him. In 1954, he began two years in building work and farming. Starting in 1961, he himself was to teach part-time at the Slade School, continuing for many years.
Uglow is best known as a painter of the figure, particularly of female nudes, as well as portraits, still lifes and landscapes.
With a meticulous method of painting directly from life, Uglow frequently took months or years to complete a painting. Planes are articulated very precisely, edges are sharply defined, and colors are differentiated with great subtlety. His type of realism has its basis in geometry, starting with the proportion of the canvas. Uglow preferred that the canvas be a square, a golden rectangle. Uglow's principal concern was to render nature in art and he always saw this system of measurement as a means to an end; his work in fact arises out of deep emotions.
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