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John Shelton (April 1923 – April 1993) was an English painter and ceramic artist born in Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent. Shelton attended the Burslem School of Art from 1937 to 1942 where he studied under Reginald Haggar.〔''Death of Art Student - Fall Down Stairs'', The Sentinel, 20 December 1943〕 A contemporary and friend of Arthur Berry, he was awarded a scholarship for the Slade School of Fine Art, London which he joined in 1945. He left the Slade in March 1946 due to the financial hardships of artistic life in London〔Arthur Berry, ''A Three and Sevenpence Halfpenny Man'', Kermase Editions (1884) pp. 182-9〕 before returning to complete his scholarship from 1948-50. It was this in-between period in which Shelton changed his name from Hancock. Shelton was in Fitzrovia in the mid 1940s and was in the circle of John Minton, Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde, Colquhoun in particular providing artistic influence.〔M.G. McNay, ''John Shelton Exhibition'', The Guardian, 8 March 1965, p. 9〕 Shelton's best-known work is the series of Cat and Table paintings,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/john-shelton )〕〔Christies (South Kensington) catalogue, ''20th Century British Art'', 12 July 2012.〕 and the Potteries Museum acquired one such example in 1988.〔 British artist and critic Reginald Haggar noted that Shelton "was one of a richly endowed bunch of students who have gone on to enrich the tradition of oil (watercolour ) painting in this country and the field of art teaching".〔Reginald Haggar, ''Newcastle art master shows his work'', The Sentinel, c. 1970〕 Shelton produced a large series of monotypes. Shelton was also a prolific pottery-maker, and he incorporated themes from Greek mythology in several of his ceramic pieces. Theseus, the Minotaur and the centaur were typical subjects. Shelton's work resides in the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery〔Public Catalogue Foundation, ''Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in Staffordshire'', p. 154〕 and in many private collections, including those of the actor Freddie Jones and the late Pat Phoenix.〔The Sentinel, ''Stray cat turns up at auction'', The Sentinel 06/07/2012, p. 14.〕 Shelton's work was most recently exhibited in October 2012 alongside that of fellow students Arthur Berry and Norman Cope.〔''The Sentinel'', 19 October 2012, "Exhibition brings art school pals together ()", Accessed 4 June 2013〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Shelton (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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