Frederick Gore RA
Born: 8 November 1913, Richmond, Surrey, UK
Elected ARA: 23 April 1963
Elected RA: 15 June 1972
Category of Membership: Painter
Frederick Gore RA, Primrose Hill in May
Frederick Gore, son of Spencer Gore RA, studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford from 1932 to 1934. He then moved on to Westminster School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art, London between 1934 and 1937. He returned to Westminster to teach in 1937 and, having served in the War, subsequently taught at Chelsea and Epsom Schools of Art in 1947, and at St Martin’s School of Art from 1946. He was made Head of the Painting Department at Chelsea Art School (1951-79) and was later Vice-Principal (1961-79).
The first of a series of solo exhibitions was held at the Redfern Gallery, London in 1937, his first international show being held the following year at Galerie Borghèse in Paris. Since then he has continued to exhibit in both solo and group shows in the UK and the USA, with a major retrospective of his work at the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1989.
Gore was elected Royal Academician in 1972 (ARA 1963) and was appointed Chairman of the RA Exhibitions Committee (1976-87). He was a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum from 1967 to 1984 and was Chairman of its Artistic Records Committee (1972-86). Frederick Gore was made CBE in 1987 and lives and works in London.
Recent solo exhibitions
2007 Richmond Hill Gallery, London
Dover Street Arts Club
2006 Jonathan Wylder, London
2003 Fosse Gallery, Cheltenham
1989 Royal Academy of Arts, London
Public collections
Contemporary Art Society
Leicester County Council
GLC
Southampton City Art Gallery
Plymouth City Art Gallery
Rutherston Collection
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
