Maurice Cockrill (British 1936 -2013)
Mixed Media on Sandpaper (I)
Painting 23 × 28 cm
Framed behind non-reflective glass approx 37 × 47 cm
Signed on the front and reverse of painting.
Born in Hartlepool, County Durham, he studied at Wrexham School of Art and University of Reading from 1960–64.
He taught at Liverpool College and Nottingham University. He was a central figure in Liverpool's artistic life, regularly exhibiting at the Walker Art Gallery, before his departure for London in 1982
Cockrill's Liverpool work was in line with that of John Baum, Sam Walsh and Adrian Henri, employing Pop and Photo-Realist styles, but later he moved towards Romantic Expressionism, as it was shown in his retrospective at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool in 1995. His poetry was published in magazines such as "Ambit" and "Poetry Review”
Cockrill received the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition, in addition to awards from the Arts Council of Great Britain, Flags and other Projects, Royal Festival Hall, the Arts Council of Great Britain (Major Award), and the Arts Council Works of Art in Public Spaces. He was also given a British Council Award in 1985.
Maurice Cockrill (British 1936 -2013)
Mixed Media on Sandpaper (I)
Painting 23 × 28 cm
Framed behind non-reflective glass approx 37 × 47 cm
Signed on the front and reverse of painting.
Born in Hartlepool, County Durham, he studied at Wrexham School of Art and University of Reading from 1960–64.
He taught at Liverpool College and Nottingham University. He was a central figure in Liverpool's artistic life, regularly exhibiting at the Walker Art Gallery, before his departure for London in 1982
Cockrill's Liverpool work was in line with that of John Baum, Sam Walsh and Adrian Henri, employing Pop and Photo-Realist styles, but later he moved towards Romantic Expressionism, as it was shown in his retrospective at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool in 1995. His poetry was published in magazines such as "Ambit" and "Poetry Review”
Cockrill received the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition, in addition to awards from the Arts Council of Great Britain, Flags and other Projects, Royal Festival Hall, the Arts Council of Great Britain (Major Award), and the Arts Council Works of Art in Public Spaces. He was also given a British Council Award in 1985.
