George Vernon Meredith Frampton (1894 – 1984) was a British painter and etcher, successful as a portraitist in the 1920s–1940s. His artistic career was short and his output limited because his eyesight began to fail in the 1950s, but his work is on display at the National Portrait Gallery, Tate Gallery and Imperial War Museum.
During World War Two, Frampton received two commissions from the War Artists' Advisory Committee. One was intended for the Admiralty, but a suitable subject was not found and the painting was never made. Frampton's other WAAC commission was for a portrait of Sir Ernest Gowers, which became a triple portrait of Gowers and his colleagues in their underground control room in Kensington.
In 1953 Frampton requested that the Royal Academy place him on the its list of retired members. His eyesight had begun to worsen, convincing him that he could no longer paint to his previous high standard and with such meticulous detail. With his wife he moved to a hilltop house overlooking Monkton Deverill in Wiltshire. Frampton had designed the property in the 1930s and for the rest of his life he worked on improving and maintaining this house, which included his own furniture and clock designs.
For many years Frampton's art was rarely shown in public and he was largely forgotten. However, he lived to see his retrospective at the Tate in 1982. It was his first one-man show and greatly restored his standing
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Meredith Frampton or assignee. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
During World War Two, Frampton received two commissions from the War Artists' Advisory Committee. One was intended for the Admiralty, but a suitable subject was not found and the painting was never made. Frampton's other WAAC commission was for a portrait of Sir Ernest Gowers, which became a triple portrait of Gowers and his colleagues in their underground control room in Kensington.
In 1953 Frampton requested that the Royal Academy place him on the its list of retired members. His eyesight had begun to worsen, convincing him that he could no longer paint to his previous high standard and with such meticulous detail. With his wife he moved to a hilltop house overlooking Monkton Deverill in Wiltshire. Frampton had designed the property in the 1930s and for the rest of his life he worked on improving and maintaining this house, which included his own furniture and clock designs.
For many years Frampton's art was rarely shown in public and he was largely forgotten. However, he lived to see his retrospective at the Tate in 1982. It was his first one-man show and greatly restored his standing
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Meredith Frampton or assignee. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| Mr George Vernon Meredith Frampton |
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| Christabel Cockerell and her son Meredith Frampton |
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| 1902, The Song of the Shirt |
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| 1918, Portrait of Lady Frampton |
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| 1919, Near Dieppe |
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| 1919, Nude with Flying Swans |
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| 1919, Sir George Frampton study |
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| 1919, Sir George Frampton |
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| 1920, Sir Johnstone Forbes-Robertson |
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| 1921, Winifred Radford |
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| 1925, Portrait of Sir George Frampton |
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| 1926, Dod Procter’s Morning |
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| 1926, A Lady in Black |
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| 1927, Still Life |
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| 1928, Lady Edith Bland-Sutton |
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| 1928, Marguerite Kelsey detail |
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| 1928, Marguerite Kelsey |
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| 1929, King George VI as Duke of York |
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| 1931, Sir Henry John Newbolt |
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| 1932, Portrait of a Young Girl |
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| 1932, Still Life |
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| 1934, Lord William Cecil, Bishop of Exeter |
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| 1935, edwin lutyens |
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| 1935, Portrait of a Young Woman |
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| 1937, A game of patience |
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| 1938, Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins |
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| 1939, Trial and error |
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| 1941, Sir Charles Grant Robertson |
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| 1943. Sir Ernest Gowers, KCB, KBE, Senior Regional Commissioner for London, Lt Col AJ Child, OBE, MC, Director of Operations and Intelligence, and KAL Parker Deputy Chief Administrative Officer in the London Regional Civil Defence Control Room |
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| 1945, Sir Clive Forster-Cooper |
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| A Young Woman |
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| C.F.A. Voysey |
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| Portrait of Sir Frederick Morris Fry |
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