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Norman Toynton (born January 25, 1939 in London) is a British abstract painter who lived for many years in America, where his work was acclaimed for its 'grand visual and tactile splendour' 〔Nancy Stapen, Boston Herald, September 26, 1988〕 and for 'marshal(ling) all the sensuous force of color and oil paint to induce us to look with truly questioning attention'.〔Kenneth Baker, 'Norman Toynton's Grounds for Painting', ArtForum, September 1981〕 He was the Chair of Fine Arts at the Massachusetts College of Art and exhibited widely in New York and Boston. In 2006 he returned to England, where he lives and works on the North Norfolk coast and is currently in an exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. == Early Life and Education == Born in London in 1939, Toynton was bombed out during the war and spent his early childhood in a series of temporary accommodations. His father was a navigator's yeoman in the Royal Navy, where he served on the Arctic convoys. When he was 15, Toynton enrolled in the Hornsey College of Art; at 16, he had a painting accepted into the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. He went on to study at the Royal College of Art, where he won the top painting prize in his first year. His classmates included David Hockney, RB Kitaj, and Allan Jones. His first trip to the museums in Paris was with Allan Jones and Ken Kiff, his second with David Hockney. 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「Norman Toynton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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