Derrick Greaves

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Derrick Greaves 1927 – 2022

Derrick Greaves, a highly eminent figure in the British art scene, initially gained acclaim in the 1950s, when he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale along with the other ‘Kitchen-Sink’ painters: Bratby, Middleditch and Smith, his work swiftly developed into a more heraldic style that paralleled 1960s Pop Art.

Derrick Greaves Sunflowers 2021 — Sunflowers 2021

Derrick Greaves Castor Oil Plant 1967 — Castor Oil Plant 1967

Derrick Greaves Sunflower and Shadow I 1993/4 — Sunflower and Shadow I 1993/4

Derrick Greaves The Sea The Sea, 2013 — The Sea The Sea, 2013

Derrick Greaves Two Doves 2009 — Two Doves 2009

Derrick Greaves Simon Martin Greaves and Bedspread 1958 — Simon Martin Greaves and Bedspread 1958

Derrick Greaves Lobster 2019 — Lobster 2019

Derrick Greaves Formal Garden with Sphinx and Temple 2014 — Formal Garden with Sphinx and Temple 2014

Derrick Greaves Departure 2018 — Departure 2018

Derrick Greaves Summer Storm 2022 — Summer Storm 2022

Derrick Greaves Still Life 2015 — Still Life 2015

Derrick Greaves Towards a Walled Garden 4 2021 — Towards a Walled Garden 4 2021

Derrick Greaves Blossom VII 2020 — Blossom VII 2020

Derrick Greaves The Ship 1975 — The Ship 1975

Derrick Greaves Girl with Shaved Head 2005 — Girl with Shaved Head 2005

Derrick Greaves Elephants (The Herd Moves on) 2001

Derrick Greaves Ivy House Farm, The Dining Room 2015 — Ivy House Farm, The Dining Room 2015

Derrick Greaves Mother and Baby (Julia) 1958 — Mother and Baby (Julia) 1958

Derrick Greaves Thorn and Moon 2009 — Thorn and Moon 2009

Derrick Greaves Trophy 2009 — Trophy 2009

Derrick Greaves Shangri La - Sliced Fruit 2003 — Shangri La - Sliced Fruit 2003

Derrick Greaves The Green Room (study) 1982/4 — The Green Room (study) 1982/4

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 5 (Three Irises I) Signed and Dated 17 — Work on Paper 5 (Three Irises I) Signed and Dated 17

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 1 - Unframed Signed and Dated 17 — Work on Paper 1 - Unframed Signed and Dated 17

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 3 (Iris in Oval I) Signed and Dated 17 — Work on Paper 3 (Iris in Oval I) Signed and Dated 17

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 4 (Three Irises II) Signed and Dated 17 — Work on Paper 4 (Three Irises II) Signed and Dated 17

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 6 (Vase) Signed and Dated 18 — Work on Paper 6 (Vase) Signed and Dated 18

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 7 (Three Irises in an Oval) Signed and dated 17 — Work on Paper 7 (Three Irises in an Oval) Signed and dated 17

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 8 (2 Chickens) Signed and dated 2018 — Work on Paper 8 (2 Chickens) 8 Signed and dated 2018

Derrick Greaves Works on paper 9 (Iris in Oval II) Signed and Dated 17 — Works on paper 9 (Iris in Oval II) Signed and Dated 17

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 10 (Stems in an Oval) Signed and dated 17 — Work on Paper 10 (Stems in an Oval) Signed and dated 17

Works on paper 12 (Face and Profile) Signed and dated 2018

Derrick Greaves Work on Paper 13 (Two Dogs) Signed and dated 73 41x28cm — Two Dogs) Signed and dated 73

Derrick Greaves Nude Initialled and dated 80 — Nude Initialled and dated 80

Derrick Greaves Sheep Initialled and dated 68 — Sheep Initialled and dated 68

Derrick Greaves Work on paper 2 Signed and Dated 18 — Work on paper 2 Signed and Dated 18

Derrick Greaves Towards-a-Walled-Garden-X-2021 — Towards a Walled Garden X 2021
Acrylic collage on paper
42.7x57.8cm
£2,000

Derrick Greaves Towards a Walled Garden VI 2021 — Towards a Walled Garden VI 2021
Acrylic collage on paper
42.7x57.8cm
£2,000

Derrick Greaves — Towards a Walled Garden IV 2021
Acrylic collage on paper
42.7x57.8cm
£2,000

Towards a Walled Garden II 2021
Acrylic collage on paper
42.7x57.8cm
£2,000

About

Derrick Greaves 1927 – 2022

Greaves was born in Sheffield in 1927, and first trained as a sign writer, from 1948-52 he studied at the Royal College of Art and went on to teach part-time at St Martins School of Art in London and the Royal Academy Schools During this time he won the John Moores Painting prize, and exhibited internationally. In 1983 Greaves moved to Norwich to run the print department at Norwich School of Art he retired in 1991. He continued to live and work in Norfolk exhibiting regularly with James Hyman Gallery in London. Derrick Greaves passed away in 2022 at the age of 95.

We have been fortunate enough to host 4 exhibitions over recent years

Towards A Walled Garden 2022
Blossom 2020
Irises Etc… 2018
Derrick Greaves 2016

Derrick Greaves – Towards A Walled Garden

CLICK HERE to watch a video walkthrough of the exhibition

In these latest series of works Derrick has been exploring the themes of ‘Towards A Walled Garden’ and ‘In The Air’

“This whole idea of an environment which was suddenly enclosed, gripped people with a new reality of what life really is – that it was individual freedom that counted. But for individual freedom to count it has to be defined by each individual. People started to find out that although they were enclosed in what might be a protective walled garden, nevertheless they didn’t have the capacity to be able to break out imaginatively from the feeling of being enclosed.”

“as I continued to work on the paintings I was really surprised and pleased to see the flowers appearing in the walls because that wasn’t my intention in the first place. The walled garden became symptomatic of something that could be threatening and enclosing but at the same time could be beautiful, floral and gorgeous.”

Derrick Greaves

Derrick Greaves Blossom 2020

Blossom was a special exhibition that was affected by the Covid lockdown in 2020. We managed to install the exhibition and film it to bring it to people in their homes before opening to visitors after restrictions were lifted later in 2020.

CLICK HERE to watch a video Walkthrough of the exhibition

In the time before the Covid pandemic, Derrick had been inspired by a particular blossom tree which he views daily from the studio observing it changing throughout the year inspired a collection, that ended up feeling so relevant to people as we were all put into restrictions and lockdown. We all seemed to experience and appreciate the beauty of the blossom that year. (2020).

Biography

Derrick Greaves CV

1927 Born in Sheffield
1943-48 Apprenticed as a sign-writer
1948-52 Studied at the Royal College of Art
1952-54 Abbey Major Scholarships to study in Italy
1954-64 Taught part-time at St Martin’s School of Art, London
1956 Represented Britain at the Venice Biennale (with John Bratby, Edward Middleditch and Jack Smith)
1957 Visited USSR. Awarded Gold Medal for painting at Moscow Youth Festival. Awarded prize at John Moore’s Exhibition, Liverpool
1960s Taught at Maidstone College of Art and Royal Academy Schools
1962 Awarded purchase prize in Belfast Open Painting Exhibition
1979 Visited Israel with nine other British artists to produce work for ‘Israel Observed’ project
1983-91 Head of Printmaking at Norwich School of Art. Lives and works in Norfolk

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 Derrick Greaves. Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich
2016 Derrick Greaves. Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich
2015 Derrick Greaves. The Psychiatrist’s Cat and Other Recent Paintings, James Hyman Gallery, London
2013 Derrick Greaves. All Blues, James Hyman Gallery, London
2012 Derrick Greaves. Milestones, James Hyman Gallery, London
2011 Flatworld. Recent Prints and Drawings by Derrick Greaves, James Hyman Gallery, London. Derrick Greaves. Paintings and Prints, School House Gallery, Norfolk. Derrick Greaves. Painting Beyond the Millennium, Sidney Cooper Gallery, Canterbury
2010 Derrick Greaves. Nightingale and Other Recent Pictures,
James Hyman Gallery, London
2008 Derrick Greaves: White Ground and Other Recent Paintings, James Hyman Gallery, London
2007 Derrick Greaves: From Kitchen-Sink to Shangri-La, James Hyman Gallery, London
2006 Pop Classical: Derrick Greaves Paintings from the 1970s, James Hyman Gallery, London
2005 Derrick Greaves: The Pleasures of Drawing, James Hyman Gallery, London
2003 Derrick Greaves: Paintings and Drawings 1952-2002, James Hyman Gallery, London. Derrick Greaves: New Prints, School House Gallery, Norfolk
2002 Derrick Greaves: Six Decades of Painting, Wingfield Arts Centre, Wingfield, Suffolk
2000 Derrick Greaves: Collage Drawings, Chappel Gallery, Essex
1999 Derrick Greaves: Drawing for Paintings, School House Gallery, Norfolk
1997 Derrick Greaves, King of Hearts Gallery, Norwich. Derrick Greaves, Hart Gallery, London
1996 Derrick Greaves, Galerie Daniel Wahrenberger, Zurich, Switzerland 1992 Derrick Greaves, King of Hearts Gallery, Norwich
1986 Derrick Greaves: Forty from Ten, Loughborough and tour
1980 Derrick Greaves: Retrospective Exhibition of Prints 1969-1980, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery. Derrick Greaves, Fischer Fine Art, London. Derrick Greaves: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings 1953-1980, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
1978 Derrick Greaves, Monika Kinley, London Derrick Greaves, City Gallery, Milton Keynes. Derrick Greaves, Cranfield Institute of Technology
1977 Derrick Greaves, Monika Kinley, London. Derrick Greaves, City Gallery, Milton Keynes
1976 Derrick Greaves, Monika Kinley, London. Derrick Greaves, City Gallery, Milton Keynes
1975 Derrick Greaves, Monika Kinley, London. Derrick Greaves, City Gallery, Milton Keynes
1973 Derrick Greaves, Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford. Derrick Greaves, Whitechapel Gallery, London. Derrick Greaves, Monika Kinley, London 1972 Derrick Greaves, Arts Council Gallery, Belfast. Derrick Greaves, David Hendricks Gallery, Dublin. Derrick Greaves, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
1970 Derrick Greaves, Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford. Derrick Greaves, Galleria La Citta, Verona, Italy Derrick Greaves, Galleria La Citta, Padua, Italy
1969 Derrick Greaves, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
1963 Derrick Greaves, Zwemmer Gallery, London
1962 Derrick Greaves, Zwemmer Gallery, London
1960 Derrick Greaves, Zwemmer Gallery, London
1958 Derrick Greaves, Zwemmer Gallery, London
1955 Derrick Greaves, Beaux Arts Gallery, London
1953 Derrick Greaves, Beaux Arts Gallery, London

← Contemporary

Sunflowers 2021

Castor Oil Plant 1967

Sunflower and Shadow I 1993/4

The Sea The Sea, 2013

Two Doves 2009

Simon Martin Greaves and Bedspread 1958

Lobster 2019

Formal Garden with Sphinx and Temple 2014

Departure 2018

Summer Storm 2022

Still Life 2015

Towards a Walled Garden 4 2021

Blossom VII 2020

The Ship 1975

Girl with Shaved Head 2005

Derrick Greaves Elephants (The Herd Moves on) 2001

Melon 2013

Ivy House Farm, The Dining Room 2015

Mother and Baby (Julia) 1958

Thorn and Moon 2009

Trophy 2009

Rage 1995

Shangri La - Sliced Fruit 2003

The Green Room (study) 1982/4

Bread 1990

Work on Paper 5 (Three Irises I) Signed and Dated 17

Work on Paper 1 - Unframed Signed and Dated 17

Work on Paper 3 (Iris in Oval I) Signed and Dated 17

Work on Paper 4 (Three Irises II) Signed and Dated 17

Work on Paper 6 (Vase) Signed and Dated 18

Work on Paper 7 (Three Irises in an Oval) Signed and dated 17

Work on Paper 8 (2 Chickens) 8 Signed and dated 2018

Works on paper 9 (Iris in Oval II) Signed and Dated 17

Work on Paper 10 (Stems in an Oval) Signed and dated 17

Derrick Greaves Works on paper 11

Works on paper 12 (Face and Profile) Signed and dated 2018

Two Dogs) Signed and dated 73

Nude Initialled and dated 80

Sheep Initialled and dated 68

Work on paper 2 Signed and Dated 18

Towards a Walled Garden X 2021

Towards a Walled Garden VI 2021

Towards a Walled Garden IV 2021

Towards a Walled Garden II 2021