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Fred Cuming RA (b.1930) British Seascapesigned lower left
oil on board
51 x 61cm (20 x 24in)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist
Private Collection
€2,000-3,000 (£1,562-2,343)
Fred Cuming was born in London in 1930 of English, Irish and Scottish ancestory. He received his art education at Sidcup School
of Art and at the Royal College of Art in 1951-1955. He was awarded the Abbey Minor Travelling Scholarship to visit Italy. He was
elected a Royal Academician (RA) in 1974. He is also a member of the New English Art Club. As well as continuing to paint Ital-
ian scenes, including Venice, he still devotes much time to the landscape of the Southern English coastline, including Hastings and
Rye. His art has an impressionist quality which captures “the fleeting impressions of his surroundings.”He first encountered such
landscapes as a child evacuee during the Blitz. The powerful contrast to his home in London created an enduring love for it.
In 1996 he was commissioned to paint a portrait of Stephen Hawkins which now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Cuming was honoured in 2001 with being the featured artist in the R.A. Summer Exhibition with an entire gallery dedicated to his
work. He has continued to exhibit in many galleries and in solo exhibitions throughout the UK.