Working in a museum and occasionally collecting work for the national collection I realise just how difficult it is to collect a cohesive and such an important group of works and thanks from all of us need to go to Barrie Maskell for such an important collection. I know just how difficult it must have been to assemble this group of works: I have been chasing some of these artists myself for a number of years and haven't managed to get work half as good as some of these works you see here today.
- Nicholas Thornton Head of modern and contemporary art Amguedda Cymru-National Museum Wales Cardiff
John Wright (1931 - 2013)
Biography
In 1959 John Wright was appointed a lecturer at Newport College of Art and, working his way up in just six years, became, at the age of thirty four, one of the youngest ever Principals of an art school in Britain.
The artistic style of John Wright alternates from figurative to non-figurative depending on subject matter rather than on a progressive move towards abstraction, and on occasions he combines styles.
Following his early retirement in 1989, John and his wife Elizabeth Wright moved to Spain, eventually settling in Estepona, Malaga, where he continued to paint and to teach others at the art centre which he has set up close to his home.
He died on the 9th July 2013.
The works of John Wright can be found in the following collections:-
Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff; Bradford Art Gallery; British Broadcasting Corporation; Cambridge University; Cardiff University; Contemporary Art Society; Contemporary Art Society for Wales; Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea; Knox Foundation, Boston, USA; Oxford University; Reading University; other public and private collections.
In 1959 John Wright was appointed a lecturer at Newport College of Art and, working his way up in just six years, became, at the age of thirty four, one of the youngest ever Principals of an art school in Britain.
The artistic style of John Wright alternates from figurative to non-figurative depending on subject matter rather than on a progressive move towards abstraction, and on occasions he combines styles.
Following his early retirement in 1989, John and his wife Elizabeth Wright moved to Spain, eventually settling in Estepona, Malaga, where he continued to paint and to teach others at the art centre which he has set up close to his home.
He died on the 9th July 2013.
The works of John Wright can be found in the following collections:-
Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, Cardiff; Bradford Art Gallery; British Broadcasting Corporation; Cambridge University; Cardiff University; Contemporary Art Society; Contemporary Art Society for Wales; Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea; Knox Foundation, Boston, USA; Oxford University; Reading University; other public and private collections.
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