Robyn DENNY
1930, England
Biography
Discover the life and artistic journey of Robyn DENNY (born 1930, England), including key biographical details that provide essential context for signature authentication and artwork verification. Understanding an artist's background, artistic periods, and career timeline is crucial for distinguishing authentic signatures from forgeries.
Robyn Denny is one of a legendary group who transformed British art in the late 1950s. During the 1960s he developed a range of work which explores both space and modes of perception.
1951-54 St Martin\\\'s School of Art.
1954-57 Royal College of Art.
1958 first one-man exhibition Gallery One; Italian State Scholarship.
1957-59 taught part- time Hammersmith College of Art. Taught BAA part-time from 1959, travelling from London. Taught basic design; largely responsible for content of Visual Communications Course. Executed murals at Abbey Wood Primary School 1959 (there followed other commissions for public buildings.)
1960 Situation RBA Galleries.
1961-63 Art critic for Das Kunstwerk (Baden).
1962 one-man exhibitions Milan & Stuttgart.
1963-64 Art critic for Art International, since written for many publications.
1963 British Painting in the Sixties Whitechapel Art Gallery.
1965 one-man exhibition Robert Elkon Gallery, New York.
1965-72 taught Slade School of Art.
1966 Venice Biennale.
1967 Visiting Professor, Minneapolis School of Art.
1969 first of several one-man exhibitions Waddington Galleries.
1973 retrospective Tate Gallery (British Council European Tour). Frequent one-man exhibitions Europe and USA.
1984 began commission for London Transport, Embankment Station.
1988 Exhibition Road. Painters at the Royal College of Art, Royal College of Art.
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