Carl Cheek (1927-2011)

Cheek studied at Chelsea School of Art under Raymond Coxon and Ceri Richards from 1945 to  1948 and at the Royal College of Art under Ruskin Spear, Carel Weight, Robert Buhler, John Minton and Francis Bacon from 1948-51. From the early 1950’s he exhibited widely notably at the Royal Academy, Redfern Gallery, Leicester Gallery, Beaux Arts Gallery, Piccadilly Gallery and at the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition. His work is included in numerous private and public collections, including the Government Art Collection – currently hanging in the British Embassy in Estonia. He lived in West London.