Painter, printmaker, writer and teacher, born in London. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art, 1949–52, having his first solo show at Gimpel Fils in 1953. Showed frequently there and at Paul Rosenberg & Co in New York and elsewhere abroad in mixed exhibitions. The ballet and landscape were common themes in his work, which was largely figurative and influenced by the School of Paris, where he studied under a French Government Scholarship, 1953–4. Taught at Royal College of Art, 1957–83. Was elected RA in 1985 and was a member of Royal Fine Art Commission in 1986. There was a print retrospective at CCA Galleries, 2000. He shared an exhibition with Tom Coates at W H Patterson, 2003, having had a 50-year retrospective there in 2002. His wife Judy was also an artist.