George Hooper (artist), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Hooper (artist)
British artist
Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1910
Date of Death: 18-Jul-1994
Profession: painter
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About George Hooper (artist)
- George Hooper was a British artist who worked in a unique style informed by Fauvism and the Bloomsbury Group although his style varied greatly throughout his long career.
- Hooper was born on 10 September 1910 in Gorakphur, India and died on 18 July 1994 in Surrey, England.
- During World War II He was invited to join Kenneth Clark’s Recording Britain scheme as one of a small group of artists commissioned to create works that would, “...boost morale by celebrating the country’s natural beauty and architectural heritage”.
- He taught at Brighton College of Art and works of his are in the Victoria and Albert Museum, The British Museum and a number of smaller galleries in Sussex.
- He spent most of his later life in Redhill in Surrey painting largely independently of any school or group of artists.
- He married Joyce Katherine Hooper MBE (who later founded Surrey Opera) in 1941.
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