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Peter Laurent de Francia (25 January 1921 – 19 January 2012) was an Italian-British artist, who was Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art (RCA), London, from 1972 to 1986. His paintings and drawing are included in art collections in Britain, and he was the author of two books on Fernand Léger, Leger: The Great Parade (Painters on Painting) (1969) and Fernand Léger (1983), and of several articles on art.[2]

Peter Laurent de Francia
Born(1921-01-25)25 January 1921
Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Alpes Maritimes, France
Died19 January 2012(2012-01-19) (aged 90)
London, UK[1]
NationalityBritish
Known forPainting, drawing

Influenced by nineteenth-century socialist painters such as Gustave Courbet and Honoré Daumier, as well as by socially committed artists of his time like Renato Guttuso and Pablo Picasso, de Francia used subjects that exposed the contradictions in everyday life to try to inspire change.[3]


Biography


De Francia was born in Beaulieu-sur-Mer Alpes Maritimes, France to an Italian father, Laurent Fernand de Francia, and an English mother, Alice Groom.[1] He grew up in Paris and was educated at Paris's American school, followed by studies in art at the Academy of Brussels (1938–40), and after settling in London, at the Slade School of Fine Art, University of London, in the years 1945-1948.[4]

He worked at the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission in Ottawa (1949–1950) and in the Architects' Department of the American Museum in New York City (1950–1951). From 1953 to 1968, he was a tutor in the Department of Art History and Complementary Studies at St Martin's School of Art, London (1953–1968), and from 1963 to 1969 also tutored in the Department of Art History and Complementary Studies at the Royal College of Art (RCA). He was Principal of the Department of Fine Art, Goldsmiths' College, University of London (1969–72), and from 1972 to 1986 was Professor of Painting at the RCA.[4]

He is buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Grave of Peter de Francia in Highgate Cemetery
Grave of Peter de Francia in Highgate Cemetery

Selected solo exhibitions



Selected publications



References


  1. Michael McNay (23 January 2012). "Peter de Francia obituary | Art and design". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
  2. Timothy Hyman (1 February 2012). "Peter de Francia: Painter and teacher who railed against the British artistic establishment". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. Lindey, Christine (2018). Art for All: British Socially Committed Art from the 1930s to the Cold War. London: Artery. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-9558228-8-9.
  4. Peter de Francia biography at James Hyman.




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