John Plumb
John Plumb was a truly groundbreaking artist whose experiments with abstraction helped propel the British art scene of the 1960s into new and uncharted territory.
Having studied at the Luton School of art during the war years and under Victor Pasmore, William Turnbull and Keith Vaughan at the Central School of Art in the early 50's Plumb had early success with exhibitions at the AIA alongside other artists of note such as Bridget Riley, William Turnbull and Robin Denny. Having one man shows at both Gallery One, Marlborough Gallery and Axiom Galleries helped to cement his place within the 60's art scene and he was also included in the Tates show 'Art and the 60s: This Was Tomorrow.'
Works can also be found in the following collactions:
Tate Gallery; Arts Council; British Council; Gulbenkian Foundation; Contemporary Art Society; Aberdeen City Art Gallery; Societe la Peau de l'Ours, Basle; Dusseldorf Kunstverein; La Chaux du Fonds Museum, Switzerland; Hamilton City Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada; Leverkusen Museum, Germany; Allende Museum, Santiago, Chile.
Provenance
Private collection,
Collection La Peau de l'Ours, Kunsthalle Basel
Private collection UK
Exhibitions
1964 La Peau de l'Ours, Basel, Kunsthalle
(La Peau de L'Ours is a group of patrons who each year agree to buy art as an investment with a ten year turn around time and partly to help support emerging artists by giving them a percentage of the sale prices. Started in France to help the struggling artists of the late 19th century it spread to Germany and Switzerland.)