Francis Farmar - Painter in oils, acrylic and watercolour |
Biography
Francis Farmar was born in 1948 and brought up in Surrey. Drawing and painting was a passionate interest from an early age. Educated at Eton College (1961-66), he won the school Drawing Prize. He trained in Florence at Simi's Academy before going to St Martin's School of Art, London and the West of England College of Art Bristol.
From 1971, Francis worked for the auctioneers Christies, St James, London, first as Assistant in the Impressionists and Modern Picture department and latterly as Director of Modern British and Irish pictures.
Leaving in 1986, he moved to Findhorn in Morayshire, Scotland to return to painting, whilst at the same time acting as an independent art consultant. He moved back south to live on the Wiltshire/Dorset border in 1993. Francis divides his time between his studio in the country, London and travelling abroad.
| One-Man Exhibitions | |
| 1992 | Chelsea Arts Club, London |
| 1992-1994 | Cadogan Square, London |
| 1997-2009 | Duncan Campbell Gallery, London |
| 2008 | Flying Colours Gallery, London, Oils of London |
| 2010 | Flying Colours, London, Twenty Recent Paintings |
| 2011 | Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-World, Glos, Journeys |
| Mixed Exhibitions | |
| 1990 | Eton College, Drawing Schools, Eton Artists Royal Institute of Oil Painters, London |
| 1991 | William Hardy Gallery, Glasgow |
| 1992 | Islington, London, Contemporary Arts Fair Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| 1995 | Tresco Gallery, Isles of Scilly William Hardy Gallery, Glasgow Waterman Fine Art, London Christie's Education, London, Undiscovered Country |
| 1995-1999 | Royal College of Art, London, British Art Fair |
| 1996 | Malcolm Innes Gallery, London, JLW Bird, This Sporting Life Jerram Gallery, Salisbury Christmas Exhibition |
| 1997-2004 | Benjamin Hargreaves, London |
| 1997-2004 | Park Lane Hotel, London, World of Watercolours Fair |
| 1999-2003 | Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Christmas Exhibition |
| 1999-2004 | Olympia, London, Art and Antiques Fair |
| 2000 | Nicholas Bowlby Gallery, Christmas Exhibition Salisbury Playhouse Gallery, Localities |
| 2002 | Royal College of Art, London, Works of Art on Paper Nicholas Bowlby Gallery, Tunbridge Wells, Summer Exhibition |
| 2003 - 2004 | Battersea, London, Affordable Art Fair |
| 2003 | Medici Gallery, London, The Animal Exhibition The Mall Galleries, London, The Discerning Eye |
| 2004 | Hankyu Gallery, Osaka, Japan British Week |
| 2004 - 2005 | Wren Gallery, Burford, Oxon Essentially English |
| 2005 | Tresco Gallery, Isles of Scilly, Cornwall Summer Show |
| 2006 | Flying Colours Gallery, Edinburgh, Past, Present and Future |
| 2007 & 2009 | Flying Colours Gallery, Art London |
| 2008 | Mark Jerram Gallery, Sherborne Dorset Summer Exhibition |
| 2011 | Curwen and New Gallery, London, Sea and Shore |
| 2011 | Salisbury Art Show, Help for Heroes |
| 2011 | Flying Colours Gallery, Edinburgh Festival, A Silver Celebration |
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| Fox and Steam Train | Village Fete, Sedgehill | St Pauls London |
