Gallery: ARTIST
Country: UNITED KINGDOM
City: LONDON
Website:
https://www.turnbullstudiokimlim.com/
Email: jt@turnbullstudio.com
Abstract:
Turnbull was born in January 1922 in Dundee, the son of a shipyard engineer. He left school at 15, but attended evening art classes. One of his teachers spotted his talent and got him a job as an illustrator for the Dundee-based publishing house DC Thompson. He joined the RAF in 1941, training in Canada and flying in India and Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka). […] Turning down a lucrative invitation to become a full-time commercial pilot, in 1946 he enrolled in the painting department at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. After a few weeks, he moved to the sculpture department where he met Paolozzi, who became a close friend.