Geoffrey Humphries

Education

Humphries attended the High Wycombe School of Art, the London College of Communication, and the Chelsea College of Art and Design.

Career

In 1963 he visited Italy for the first time, and took his degree from the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze in Venice, where he received his highest honours in 1974. After then studying in Rome and Florence, he moved to Venice in 1966, where he still lives and works. His studio overlooking the Giudecca Canal is a well-known centre for music and the arts, where he runs courses on painting and life drawing.

Achievements

• He is also an accomplished blues guitarist, and spends part of every year painting and exhibiting in the Deep South of the United States - New Orleans, Charleston, and Savannah.