Background
Wynter, Bryan Herbert was born on September 8, 1915. Son of James Harold and Dora (Judd) Wynter.
Wynter, Bryan Herbert was born on September 8, 1915. Son of James Harold and Dora (Judd) Wynter.
In 1937-1938 he studied at Westminster School of Art, and 1938-1940 at the Slade School of Fine Art in London and Oxford. In the Second World War he was a conscientious objector, first working on land drainage in Oxfordshire, then looking after monkeys being studied by the zoologist Solly Zuckerman.
His work was mainly abstract, drawing upon nature for inspiration. Born in London, he began in 1933 as a trainee in the family laundry business. He taught at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham, 1951-1956.
He died at Penzance, Cornwall.
His auction record is £115,250 for his painting "The Indias", set at Sotheby"s on 3 November 2010. In 2001 he was the subject of Bryan Wynter: A Selected Retrospective at Tate Street Ives.
Some of his most remarkable works are constructions which he titled IMOOS (Images Moving Out Onto Space). Using a parabolic mirror, he would hang contrasting pairs of painted shapes, which rotated freely.
Their reversed reflections enlarged, appearing to move in opposite directions.
He was a member of the London Group of artists, and of the Penwith Society of Arts.
Married Suzanne Lethbridge. Married second, Monica Harman, 1959.