Background
Plumb was born in Luton, and he went to the Byam Shaw School in London at the age of 20.
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John Plumb
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He also studied at the Luton School of Art, and then the Central School of Art and Design in London with Victor Pasmore, and William Turnbull.
Career
Plumb"s works reflected his admiration for American Color Field painting and hard-edge painting. In the mid-1960s Plumb produced paintings with large fields of a single color. With narrow, strips on the edge of different colors intended to optically enhance the emotional impact of the central, major, and usually intense hue.
He taught at Bennington College in Vermont in 1968 and 1969.
When he died, Plumb was 81 years old.
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English