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Summer Exhibition 2010

Philip pank (1933 - 1991)

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There is a vibrancy in the works of Philip Pank that is almost tangible, in their presence you feel a frisson; something akin to standing in a spectacular electrical storm.

This power and energy, which Nicholas Deakin in the Independent described as Pank's 'flaring colour and bold textures' is most pronounced in his nudes in oils.

One senses that in his studio, Philip Pank totally immersed himself in his passion for painting. These works are imbued with a deep love, not of the human form as such, but of Philip's deep fervor and commitment to his artistic practice and life. And from this he produced the most powerful and compelling paintings; works that, full of colour and energy, are nonetheless deeply humane for they have captured in a sense the very essence of the sitters form and being.

1951 - 56 Trained as an Architect at the Architectural Association School, London

1951 - 91 Part-time student St Martins School of Art

1986 - 89 Committee Member Society of Architect Artists

1989 Elected Member of Contemporary Portrait Society

1989 Photographs of Architectural Projects (Houses), Courtauld Institute, London

1989 Illustrations for History of Brown & Tawse. Published by James & James Ltd

1991 - 93 Complete Original sets of Drawings for Architectural Projects, taken into permanent Drawings Collection, Royal Institute of British Architects

1990 Studio swap with Russian painter Ivan Chuikov in Moscow.

Selected solo and joint exhibitions:

1973 The Minories Gallery, Colchester

1975 M.Ayres Gallery, London

1975 Amwell Gallery, London

1977 Roland Browse Delbanco Christmas Exhibition

1978 Galerie de Sfinx, Amsterdam

1979 Blond Fine Art, London

1980 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London

1984 Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London

1986 Holland Gallery, London

1986 Hunting Exhibition

1987 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

1988 Mall Gallery, London, Open Exhibition

1989 Pastel Society, London 1989

Contemporary Portrait Society, London

1990 Tricycle Gallery, London

1984 - 1991 Society of Architect Artists Exhibition, London

2007 Commemorative Exhibition (view exhibition catalogue) The Millinery Works Gallery, London

2008 Modern British Art, The Millinery Works Gallery, London

2008 & 2009 The Garden Suburb Gallery Summer Exhibition

2009 The Maddox Gallery, London.

Collections: Government Art Collection, Leicestershire Education Authority, Department of Environment, Private Collections: UK, Italy, Dubai, Iran, Holland and Germany.

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