Arthur Lockwood RBA | Royal Society of British Artists

Factory Interior - Nile Street - Birmingham

Watercolour

57cm x 76cm
Demolitian - Lucas Factory - Birmingham

Watercolour

47cm x 84cm
Guru Nanak Gurd Wara - Stratford Road - Birmingham

Watercolour

38.3cm x 56cm
Base of the Furnace - Henley Foundry - Emethwick

Watercolour

50.6cm x 66.7cm
Large Drop Hammer - Halladays Drop Forging Ltd. - Wilton - Birmingham

Watercolour

56.5cm x 76.1cm

About Arthur Lockwood RBA

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Biography

Artist's Statement

I chose to record the changes taking place in Birmingham and the Black Country: demolition of Nineteenth Century buildings and the construction of new landmarks such as Bull Ring shopping centre. I also wanted to document the metal working factories and foundries before they disappeared.

Method of Working

I work in watercolour using pen and wash method. I draw and paint on the spot working mosty in half imperial size.

Biographical Details

1951-54 Studied for National Diploma in Design (specialising in Book Illustration) at Birimingham College of Art

1956-59 Studied at Graphic Design at Royal College of Art

1970-82 Visiting Tutor at Chelsea School of Art, Harrow School of Art, Hornsey School of Art and Bath Academy of Art

1987 Became a full-time Painter

1991 Elected a Member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

2001 Elected a Member of the Royal Society of British Artists

2006 Made an Associate Member of the Royal Watercolour Society

Society Memberships

Royal Society of British Artists

Other Society Memberships

Associate member of the Royal Watercolour Society, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

Laing Art Competition, 2000

Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, 2005

Award, Royal Watercolour Society, 2006

De Laszlo Medal, Royal Society of British Artists, 2008

Exhibitions

Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2018

Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2016

Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2015

Other exhibitions

2009 Featured Artist - De Laszlo Medal Winner, Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

2004 Portrait of a City, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

2001 Industrial Dudley, Dudley Art Gallery

1999 Coventry Colliery: End of an Era, Hebert Art Gallery, Coventry

1998 Coventry Colliery Captured, National Coal Minning Museum for England

Publications

‘Change in the Midlands: Urban and Industrial Watercolous’, by Arthur Lockwood,Sansom & Co., 2007

Interviewed by David Dimbleby on A Picture of Britain, 2005

Paintings included on “Heart of England” in A Picture of Britain, 2005