Background
Cummings"s mother was an artist, while his father was political editor of the Liberal News Chronicle daily newspaper of London.
Cummings"s mother was an artist, while his father was political editor of the Liberal News Chronicle daily newspaper of London.
Chelsea College of Art and Design.
He was known as Michael Cummings and signed his work simply Cummings. He was educated at The Hall, Hampstead, London, Gresham"s School, in Norfolk, then at the Chelsea School of Art, London. He also liked reading.
During the Second World War he worked for the Air Ministry and became a major contributor to the training journal Aircraft Recognition.
1983 – Member of the Order of the British Empire.