Simon Fletcher. Born Birmingham 1948rnrnAfter completing his diploma in Fine Art at Farnham, Fletcher was employed as a draughtsman in a garden design company where he polished his drawing technique before devoting himself to painting.rnrnLiving in Oxford he began painting portraits and exhibited twice at the National Portrait Gallery in London.rnHe also made a series of etchings of Spanish landscapes during this period.rnrnMoving to France in 1982 he began making contacts in Germany as well as France. A contemporary of German and Austrian painters such as G Salzmann, G Richter, R Fetting, Fletcher made a close study of the German expressionist painters, many of whom worked in watercolour.rnrnAs he began to exhibit, Fletcher's work entered major international collections such as The City of Sienna, The Sultanate of Oman, The Sultanate of AbuDhabi, The Hitachi Corporation, The City of Vienna, Oxford University, Bibliotheque National Paris.rnrnHe has published eight books about his work in English, French and German,rnand has exhibited with many well known contemporaries both in England and Europe. For some years he had a residency in Ravello on the Amalfi coast of Italy and in 2016 a retrospective exhibition of his work was organised by the Modern Art Museum of Salerno and he published a new portfolio of prints, Ravello 5, in 2022.rnrnA new book of paintings and drawings about the landscape of the Aude department of France, with texts by Rupert Wright, will be published in 2025
Simon Fletcher. Born Birmingham 1948rnrnAfter completing his diploma in Fine Art at Farnham, Fletcher was employed as a draughtsman in a garden design company where he polished his drawing technique before devoting himself to painting.rnrnLiving in Oxford he began painting portraits and exhibited twice at the National Portrait Gallery in London.rnHe also made a series of etchings of Spanish landscapes during this period.rnrnMoving to France in 1982 he began making contacts in Germany as well as France. A contemporary of German and Austrian painters such as G Salzmann, G Richter, R Fetting, Fletcher made a close study of the German expressionist painters, many of whom worked in watercolour.rnrnAs he began to exhibit, Fletcher's work entered major international collections such as The City of Sienna, The Sultanate of Oman, The Sultanate of AbuDhabi, The Hitachi Corporation, The City of Vienna, Oxford University, Bibliotheque National Paris.rnrnHe has published eight books about his work in English, French and German,rnand has exhibited with many well known contemporaries both in England and Europe. For some years he had a residency in Ravello on the Amalfi coast of Italy and in 2016 a retrospective exhibition of his work was organised by the Modern Art Museum of Salerno and he published a new portfolio of prints, Ravello 5, in 2022.rnrnA new book of paintings and drawings about the landscape of the Aude department of France, with texts by Rupert Wright, will be published in 2025
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