Background
GREAVES, Derrick was born on June 5, 1927 in Sheffield. Son of Harry Greaves and Mabel Greaves.
GREAVES, Derrick was born on June 5, 1927 in Sheffield. Son of Harry Greaves and Mabel Greaves.
R.C.A., London and British School at Rome.
Beaux Arts Gallery 1953; subsequent oneman exhibitions at Zwemmer Gallery 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, Institute of Contemporary Arts (International Cooperation Administration), London 1969, 1971, Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford 1970, 1973, Belfast 1972, Dublin 1972, Whitechapel Gallery 1973, Monika Kinley since 1973, City Gallery, Milton Keynes since 1975, Cranfield Institute of Technology 1978. Exposicion Institute de la Plastica, Chile 1978; group exhibitions include Contemporary Arts Society 1956, Venice Biennale 1956, Pushkin Museum, Moscow 1957, Whitechapel Gallery 1963, Carnegie Institute Exhibition, Pennsylvania 1964, Haymarket Gallery 1974, Royal Academy 1977, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield 1980, Fischer Fine Art 1980, Mall Galleries, London 1981, Mappin Art Gallery 1986, Leeds Art Gallery 1986, Philadelphia Museum of Art 1986, Walker Art GalleryTeacher Saint Martins School of Art 1954-1964, Maidstone College, of Art and Royal Academy Schools 1960. Head of Printmaking, Norwich College, of Art since 1983. First one-man exhibition, Beaux Arts Gallery 1953.
Subsequent oneman.
Married Mary Margaret Johnson in 1951.