Terence Greer Mid century Illustrator
Happy Friday everyone. For more festive and Halloween based illustrations check out this Helen Borten post I created last year, otherwise here’s a little illustrative nostalgia for you to enjoy.
Born in England in 1929 in Surbiton, SW London, Terence Greer studied painting at Twickenham School of Art, joined the RAF in 1947, then studied at St Martin’s and the Royal Academy School.
Between the 1950s- and the 1980s he was both a playwright and illustrator. Illustrating book covers for Penguin Books and in magazines such as The Economist and Radio Times.
One of his greatest visual impressions from childhood was the Hollywood films from the 1930’s. His consuming interests are jazz, the cinema, photography and the more graphic work of Picasso. Perhaps as a consequence, his work does have an almost cinematic feel to it.
He was represented by Saxon Artist Agents. He later focused on painting while living in Australia, then Canada, Vancouver being his home since the mid 1990s.
His works have been exhibited at the V&A and Ashmolean museums.
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Wow Craig, how do you find all this out about the artists you feature? Great bio of this chap – I really like his style, it’s almost like seeing a storyboard for a video or film!
Thanks Lizzie, just a little research usually turns up the info and images to pull something together. Great point because his work is very cinematic. Thanks for your comments
Keep it up Craig, I find these posts fascinating and love learning more about art and design!
Most of these photos were taken by me, for the Pinterest board I created on my friend Terence Greer’s work. https://www.pinterest.com/tracyjprince/terence-greer-illustrator-playwright-painter-1929-/
Thanks for letting me know Tracy, I’ve put an acknowledgement at the end of the post. Thank you for taking the images in the first place. What a shame there isn’t more of Terence’s work online.
I was at Twickenham Art school with Terry would love to make contact?
Thanks John, as I mentioned in the article I could find no more info on Terry. Let’s hope someone he knows reads this and gets back to you. Thanks for your comment.
Hi John, Send me a message via Pinterest and I can put you in touch. https://www.pinterest.com/tracyjprince/
It has been rather a long time since I last saw Terry (70 something years?) and often
wondered how he was faring? Not many of us left. Greetings from the land of the land of the Long White cloud (NZ)
Hi John
Would love to hear from you: Terence.Greer@gmail.com.
Terence