Frederick George Rees Cuming, RA NEAC
Born in London on 16 February 1930, Cuming was educated at Sidcup School of Art and the Royal College of Art. In 1955 he won a scholarship which enabled him to travel to Rome.
Cuming took an everyday scene and, through his subtle approach and through focusing on light and tone, he created an elevated atmosphere. His subjects are often orientated around the sea, harbours, marshland, ships and figures wondering on beaches as well as studios and garden interiors. These subjects were painted loosely with a restricted and light palette creating a dreamy affect. Cuming wrote for the Royal Academy "I am not interested in pure representation. My work is about responses to the moods and atmospheres generated by landscape, still life or interior".
Cuming was a member of the New English Art Club, an Associate of the Royal College of Art and was elected full Royal Academician in 1974. In 2001 he was the featured artist in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, with an entire gallery dedicated to his work.
He lived in Rye, near Ashford, Kent until he passed away on 12 June 2022.
Awards:
1977 Winner of Grand Prix Fine Art, Monaco
1986 Sir Brinsley Ford Award, New English Art Club
1988 Grand Prix de l'Art Contemporaries
1994 House and Garden Award
Cuming took an everyday scene and, through his subtle approach and through focusing on light and tone, he created an elevated atmosphere. His subjects are often orientated around the sea, harbours, marshland, ships and figures wondering on beaches as well as studios and garden interiors. These subjects were painted loosely with a restricted and light palette creating a dreamy affect. Cuming wrote for the Royal Academy "I am not interested in pure representation. My work is about responses to the moods and atmospheres generated by landscape, still life or interior".
Cuming was a member of the New English Art Club, an Associate of the Royal College of Art and was elected full Royal Academician in 1974. In 2001 he was the featured artist in the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, with an entire gallery dedicated to his work.
He lived in Rye, near Ashford, Kent until he passed away on 12 June 2022.
Awards:
1977 Winner of Grand Prix Fine Art, Monaco
1986 Sir Brinsley Ford Award, New English Art Club
1988 Grand Prix de l'Art Contemporaries
1994 House and Garden Award
