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Painter, draughtsman and teacher, born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Studied at School of Art there, 1962–6, then at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1966–9, and Slade School of Fine Art, 1969–71. In 1968 Wragg won the Rotary Travelling Gift to Italy and Lord Carron Prize, followed by Boise Travelling Scholarship to America and Mexico, 1972. A major Arts Council grant in 1975 was followed by one from the London Arts Association in 1978. He went on to teach at Camberwell, St Martin’s School of Art and Portsmouth Polytechnic, by which time he was appearing widely in group shows. Other notable teaching appointments included the Chelsea and Slade Schools of Art and Bath Academy of Art. Trips to America to visit Jack Tworkov, 1970 and 1974, and Willem de Kooning, 1985, were significant.

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


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