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Artist, writer and teacher, born in Loughborough, Leicestershire. He studied at Sunderland College of Art, 1950–3, then Royal College of Art, 1955–8, in latter year being an Abbey Travelling Scholar. Then taught at several art colleges and was principal of St Martin’s School of Art, 1972–88. Was also a course consultant for Open College of the Arts. Simpson wrote for several publications, presented a number of television series on art and published many books, including The Challenge of Landscape Painting, 1990, in which some of his own pictures appeared. He was a fellow and one-time president of the National Society for Art Education. Showed at RA Summer Exhibitions and elsewhere and had several solo shows, including Chappel Galleries, 1994.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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