Clifford Fishwick
1923-1997
Fishwick studied at Liverpool School of Art, 1940-42, and 1946-7, and in New York, and held a solo exhibition in 1957 at St George's Gallery, London. He subsequently exhibited regularly, particularly in the West Country where he showed in galleries including the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, and the RWA. He was a member of the Newlyn Society of Artists and his work is represented in collections including Exeter and Plymouth Art Galleries. From 1958 to 1984 he was Principal of Exeter College of Art. Fishwick's work originated from the sensations aroused by coast or landscape. His paintings, especially in the fifties, show similarities with those of the renowned British artists William Scott and Kenneth Armitage, with their angular, starkly outlined, flattened figures and objects. In the sixties his work became larger, more loosely structured, darker, and more abstract. He was also an accomplished rock climber and yachtsman.
