Portrait painter, born in Manchester, where he studied at the Junior School of Art, Manchester College of Art, 1940–2, then the Royal Academy Schools, 1946–51, taught by Philip Connard. Had several one-man shows. He did a number of portraits in a formal style of notable people and dignitaries, including the writer Lord David Cecil. Manchester City Art Gallery holds his portrait of Edward John Stanley, Earl of Derby. Chelsea Arts Club member who lived at Llan Festioniog, Gwynned.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)
