Michael Fairclough
Biography
Michael Fairclough is the son of Wilfred Fairclough, ARCA, Rome Scholar, RE.,RWS and Joan Vernon-Cryer, ARCA, RWS. He studied painting at Kingston School of Art under Reginald Brill, Frank Archer and Lionel Bulmer and etching with Wilfred Fairclough.
At Kingston he met Mary Malenoir, RA Schools, Rome Scholar, RE and they later married and worked in Ireland, Rome, Greece and Paris and they continue to work together.
Michael Fairclough's work has been recognized by a number of awards and prizes, among them a Royal Academy of Arts David Murray Award for Landscape 1960; The Rome Scholarship for Printmaking 1964; A Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition prize 1987; First prize at the Chichester Open Painting Exhibition 1997.
Abridged CV
| 1940 | Born in Blackburn, Lancashire | |
| 1957-61 | Studied painting at Kingston School of Art | |
| 1960 | Royal Academy of Arts, David Murray Award for Landscape | |
| 1961 | British Institution Fund Award for Engraving | |
| 1962-64 | Taught at Belfast School of Art | |
| 1964-66 | Rome Scholar in Engraving | |
| 1964 | Elected Associate of Royal Society of Painter-Etchers & Engravers & Fellow in 1973 | |
| 1967 | S.W. Hayter's Atelier 17, Paris | |
| 1967-79 | Taught at West Surrey College of Art and Design | |
| 1981 | Fellow of Printmakers' Council | |
| 1995 | Elected Member of New English Art Club |
Solo Exhibitions since 1995
| 1995 | New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham (Print Retrospective) | |
| Coram Gallery, London | ||
| Kent Institute, Maidstone | ||
| 1996 | Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset | |
| 2000 | Berkeley Square Gallery, London | |
| Courcoux and Courcoux, Stockbridge, Hants | ||
| 2001 | New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham | |
| 2004 | Osborne-Samuel (Berkeley Square) Gallery, London | |
| New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham | ||
| Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, Dorset | ||
| 2005 | Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames | |
| 2006 | Artonomy, Truro | |
| Courcoux and Courcoux, Stockbridge | ||
| 2007 | Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames | |
| 2008 | New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham | |
| Courcoux and Courcoux, Stockbridge | ||
| 2010 | New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham | |
| 2011 | Courcoux and Courcoux, Stockbridge | |
| 2012 | Bohun Gallery, Henley-on-Thames |
Selected Mixed Exhibitions since 1995
| 1995 onward | New English Art Club and associated exhibitions | |
| 1995 | New Academy Gallery, London | |
| Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | ||
| 1996 | New Academy Gallery, London | |
| 1996 | Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath | |
| Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | ||
| 1997 | Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | |
| Offer Waterman, London | ||
| Chichester Open Painting - First Prize winner | ||
| 20c and London Contemporary Art Fairs | ||
| 1999 | Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | |
| 2000 | Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | |
| Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition | ||
| 2001 | Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | |
| 20c and London Contemporary Art Fairs | ||
| Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition | ||
| 2002 | 20c and London Contemporary Art Fairs | |
| Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition | ||
| Beaux Arts - Bath | ||
| Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | ||
| 2003 | Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | |
| 20c and London Contemporary Art Fairs | ||
| 2004 | Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition | |
| Hunting Art Prizes Exhibition | ||
| 2005 | Solomon Gallery, Dublin | |
| 2006 | Artonomy, Truro | |
| Beaux Arts – Bath | ||
| Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition | ||
| 2007 | Beaux Arts - Bath | |
| 2009 | Affordable Art Fair, Osborne Samuel | |
| 2010 | Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition | |
| 2011 | Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition | |
| 2013 | 'The British Scene', Mall Galleries, London |
Commissions
| 1981 | Mural for Farnham Post Office (Department of the Environment) | |
| 1981 | Post Office Special Issue 5 Stamps, National Trust for Scotland | |
| 1989 | National Westminster Bank, "Art of investment" | |
| 1995 | Avebury Press | |
| 2004 | Five paintings for boardroom of new Meteorological Office, Exeter |
Editions published
| 1974 | Print Collectors Club (Painter-Etchers), London | |
| 1982 | Print Collectors Club, Washington D.C, U.S.A | |
| 1978 etc | CCA Galleries | |
| 1979 etc. | CCA/National Trust Collections | |
| 1986 | Anderson O'Day |
Public collections
| Victoria & Albert Museum | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle |
| Oldham Art Gallery | Greenwich Art Gallery | Post Office Headquarters, London |
| Museum Boymans van Beunegen, Rotterdam | World Bank | South London Art Gallery |
| Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal | Basildon District Council | Newport Museum and Art Gallery |
| South East Arts Association | Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln | National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth |
| Royal Albert Museum, Exeter | Adam Smith Institute | New York Public Library |
| Inner London Education Authority | Kingston-upon-Thames Borough Council | Wakefield City Art Gallery |
| European Science Foundation | European Parliament | London School of Economics |
| Meteorological Office, Exeter | Pilkington Glass | London Borough of Camden |
| Corporate and private collections in U.K and abroad. | ||
Work reproduced in
'Collecting Original Prints' - Rosemary Simmons - Studio Vista
'Complete Guide to Prints and Printmaking' - Phaidon
Deutsche Grammophon "Galleria" Series
Printmaking Today - critical review, August 1995
Modern British Painters 1900-1980, Alan Windsor.
