The Queen s only niece, who has remained close to Her Majesty and Prince Philip for many years, joined other members of the royal family today to celebrate the life of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Charles Robert Owen Medley CBE, RA, (1905-94), known as Robert Medley, was an English artist who painted in both abstract and figurative styles, and who also worked as theatre designer. Robert Medley studied art at the Slade School of Fine Art and then completed his training by spending two years in Paris from 1926 to 1928. It was during this time that he met his long-term partner, the dancer, choreographer and theatre director, Rupert Doone (1903-66). Medley began to exhibit paintings with the London Group from 1929 and went on to hold his first solo show at the Cooling Galleries …
Ahead of his 90th birthday, St Albans artist Anthony Harris has published his own personal journey of creative discovery, Brushes with Genius: Anecdotes on Art and Artists.