David Tarttelin

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David Tarttelin
Born1929 (age 9596)
Education Slade School of Fine Art
Known forPainting
Spouse
Kitty Pearson
(m. 1951)

David Tarttelin (born 1929) is an English painter. [1]

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Early life and education

As a child during World War II, Tarttelin was evacuated from Grimsby to Kirkstead, near Woodhall Spa, and attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle. He lived on a working farm which functioned with horse-drawn machinery, aspects of which have informed his work since. [1]

Returning to Grimsby at the end of the war, he studied at Wintringham Grammar School, where he was taught by the artist Ernest Worrall who encouraged him to apply for University College London's Slade School of Fine Art. He was accepted for the school at the age of 17, and studied under Randolph Schwabe and Sir William Coldstream. While at the school he was awarded a prize for watercolour landscape by the critic and art historian Eric Newton. Tarttelin returned to Grimsby and, with the exception of Army Service, has lived and worked there since.

Personal life

Tarttelin married Kitty Pearson in 1951, and they have children.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 "David Tartellin". Gate Gallery. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 13 November 2025.