David Tindle RA
David Tindle with self-portrait, 2006 © Karin Szekessy">
Selected biography |
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| 1932 | Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire |
| 1945-46 | Educated at Coventry School of Art |
| 1954 | First solo show, at the Piccadilly Gallery, London |
| 1954-89 | Exhibited regularly in mixed shows at the Royal Academy of Arts |
| 1957 | Retrospective at Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry |
| 1959-74 | Taught at Hornsey College of Art and the Byam Shaw School of Art |
| 1972-83 | Visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art |
| 1979 | Elected Royal Academican |
| 1981 | Made a Fellow of the Royal College of Art |
| 1983 | Retired as visiting tutor at the Royal College of Art |
| Featured along with Elizabeth Blackadder, Robin Philipson and Albert Irvin in the BBC documentary 'A Feeling for Paint: Four Artists and their Material' | |
| 1985-94 | Showed regularly with Fischer Fine Art |
| 1985-87 | Ruskin Master of Drawing at Oxford University |
| 1986 | Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to paint the portrait of Sir Dirk Bogarde |
| 1988 | Commissioned as part of the Aldeburgh Festival to create the stage design for Tchaikovsky's opera 'lolanta' |
| 1990 | Commissioned to paint the portrait of Lord Sainsbury |
| 1994-present | Shows with the Redfern Gallery |
Selected solo exhibitions |
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| 1954 | Piccadilly Gallery, London |
| 1957 | 57 Gallery, Edinburgh |
| Coventry City Art Gallery (Retrospective) | |
| 1958 | The Stone Gallery, Newcastle |
| 1961 | Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford |
| 1964 | Galerie du Tours, San Francisco and Los Angeles |
| 1968 | Galleria Carbonesi, Bologna |
| Galleria Vinciana, Milan | |
| 1970 | 27 Gallery, Northampton |
| 1972 | Northampton Art Gallery (Retrospective) |
| 1974, '77, '80, '85 | Galerie XX, Hamburg |
| 1985, '89 | Fischer Fine Art, London |
| 1986 | Cunningham Knowler Gallery, Winchester |
| 1988 | Aldeburgh Festival |
| 1992 | Alresford Gallery, Alresford |
| 1994 onwards | Redfern Gallery, London |
| 2016 | Huddersfield Art Gallery (Retrospective) |
Selected group exhibitions |
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| 1953 | A.I.A Gallery, London |
| 1954 | Royal Academy of Arts, London, 'Summer Exhibition' |
| 1958 | Bruges, 'International Biennale of Realistic Art' |
| 1959 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 'John Moores' |
| 1962 | 'British Self-Portraits', touring show of the UK organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain |
| 1967 | Paris, 'Salon de la Jeune Peinture' |
| 1969 | Royal College of Art, London, 'Fine Art for Industry' |
| 1974 | Hayward Gallery, London, 'British Painting '74' |
| 1977 | Royal Academy of Arts, London, ’25 Years of British Painting’ |
| 1979 | 'The British Art Show 1', touring show of the Uk organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain |
| 1982 | Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, 'Royal Academy Diploma Works' |
| 1983 | The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts |
| 1987 | National Portrait Gallery, London, 'New Acquisitions' |
| 1988 | Royal College of Art, London, ‘Exhibition Road’ |
| 1991 | Graves Art Gallery, London, ‘The Absent Presence’ |
| 1992, '97, 2000, '02, '05 | Mall Galleries, London, ‘Discerning Eye’ |
| 2011 | Whitechapel Gallery, London, 'Government Art Collection: At Work' |
| 2012-13 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, 'Government Art Collection: Revealed' |
| 2014-15 | Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 'British Self-Portraits: Highlights from the Ruth Borchard Collection' |
| 2019 | Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, 'Reflection: British Art in the Age of Change' |
Selected collections |
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| Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal | |
| Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London | |
| The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archeology, Oxford | |
| Contemporary Art Society, London | |
| Ferens Art Gallery, Hull | |
| Government Art Collection, London | |
| The Hepworth Wakefield | |
| Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry | |
| Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | |
| Huddersfield Art Gallery | |
| Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum | |
| Manchester Art Gallery | |
| Museum of London | |
| National Portrait Gallery, London | |
| Newport Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Northampton Museums and Art Gallery | |
| The Royal Library, Windsor Castle | |
| Royal Academy of Arts, London | |
| Royal College of Art, London | |
| Royal College of Psychiatrists, London | |
| Ruth Borchard Collection, London | |
| Swindon Art Gallery | |
| Tate | |
| Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne | |
| Ulster Museum, Belfast | |
| Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool | |
| Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester | |
