Trevor Stubley RP

Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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 RBA

Royal Society of British Artists

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 RSW RWS

Royal Watercolour Society

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  (27 March 1932, Leeds

Leeds

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 – 8 January 2010, Holmfirth

Holmfirth

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) was a Yorkshire portrait and landscape painter, and illustrator.

Stubley was born in Leeds and received art training at Leeds College of Art, and in 1953 at Edinburgh College of Art

Edinburgh College of Art

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. He was a lecturer at Huddersfield School of Art from 1958 to 1960, afterwards working as a freelance artist from his own studio at Upperthong

Upperthong

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.

Stubley received 500 portrait commissions (including those for the HM the Queen, Alan Ayckbourn

Alan Ayckbourn

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, Dame Judi Dench

Judi Dench

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, J B Priestley and Dame Janet Baker), illustrated over 400 childrens’ books, and painted landscape watercolours in 18 countries for the last 23 years of his life. He exhibited within Yorkshire

Yorkshire

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, Lancashire

Lancashire

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, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

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, Ireland and the USA, and his paintings are held in private and public collections, particularly at the National Portrait Gallery, Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle

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, the Palace of Westminster

Palace of Westminster

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, the British Library

British Library

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, various universities throughout the UK, and at his own gallery on the outskirts of Holmfirth.

From 1994 to 1999, Stubley served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and was made an honorary member of the society in 2003.

Prizes

• 1955 – Andrew Grant Major Travelling Scholar
• 1955 – William Hoffman Wood Gold Medal for Painting
• 1981-82 – Yorkshire TV Fine Art fellowship
• 1982 – Arts Council
  Arts Council England
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   Award
• 1986 – Hunting Group Art Prize
• 1990 – Singer and Friedlander/Sunday Times Prize
  Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander/Sunday Times watercolour competition
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Selected bibliography

• Bradburne, Elizabeth S.; Stubley, Trevor (1968) Hey Diddle Dumpling; Schofield & Sims Ltd. ISBN 072170154X
• Mayne, William; Stubley, Trevor (1968) The Yellow Aeroplane; Reindeer Books / Hamish Hamilton. ISBN 0241913454
• Naughton, Bill; Stubley, Trevor (1975) The Goalkeeper's Revenge; London: Macmillan
• Boshell, Gordon; Stubley, Trevor (1977) Captain Cobwebb and the Mischief Man; Macdonald & Jane's. ISBN 0354080091
• White T. H.; Stubley, Trevor (1978) The Book of Merlyn
  The Book of Merlyn
  The Book of Merlyn is an Arthurian fantasy book written by T. H. White. It is the conclusion of The Once and Future King, but it was published separately and posthumously.-Plot summary:...
  
  : The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future; Berkley Medallion. ISBN 0425038262
• Dale, Alan T.; Stubley, Trevor (1979) Portrait of Jesus; Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192780212
• Cate Dick; Stubley, Trevor (1980) Old Dog, New Tricks; Puffin Books. ISBN 0140312706
• Pinto, Jaqueline; Stubley, Trevor (1983) The School Dinner Disaster; Hamish Hamilton Ltd. ISBN 024111117X
• Andrews, Ian; Humphreys, Graham; Stubley, Trevor (1987) Boudica Against Rome (Cambridge introduction to world history); Cambridge University Press
  Cambridge University Press
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  . ISBN 0521335590
• Escott, John; Stubley, Trevor (1987) Radio Alert; Puffin Books. ISBN 0140321241
• Mahy, Margaret; Stubley, Trevor (1987) Clancy's Cabin; Puffin Books. ISBN 0140321756
• Hardcastle, Michael; Stubley, Trevor (1989) Free Kick; Mammoth. ISBN 0749701277

External links

• Artist's web site (profile). Retrieved 23 November 2011
• "Your Paintings - Trevor Stubley"; BBC.co.uk/arts. Retrieved 23 November 2011
• "Obituary: Trevor Stubley"; Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 23 November 2011
• "Gallery: A fitting tribute to Trevor Stubley"; Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 23 November 2011