William Turnbull

William Turnbull was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1922. He worked as an illustrator in Dundee (1939-41) and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London (1946-48). For the next two years he lived in Paris, and on returning to London he became Visiting Artist at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (1953-61). He later taught sculpture there (1964-72) and now lives and works in London.

Both painter and sculptor, Turnbull finds sources for his work in other cultures and in classicism. A Chinese mask, the gateway to a Japanese Shinto temple, a primitive artefact ...