Painter, teacher and writer, born in Richmond, Surrey, son of the artist Spencer Gore. He studied at Trinity College and Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford, 1932–4, finally at Westminster School of Art and Slade School of Fine Art, 1934–7. In the latter year he had his first one-man show at Redfern Gallery, followed by a series there after World War II. In 1938 he travelled in Greece, showing the resulting work in Paris. Greece, Majorca and France were favourite landscape subjects for Gore, whose rich palette had more in common with the French than the English tradition. Gore taught at Westminster, Epsom and Chelsea Schools of Art and was head of the painting department at St Martin’s School of Art, 1951–79. He was elected RA in 1973 and was chairman of its exhibition committee, 1976–87.