Frederick Cuming

Frederick George Rees Cuming RA (February 16, 1930 – 12 June, 2022), normally known as Fred Cuming, was a contemporary British landscape painter, who worked in a traditional manner.[1]

Frederick Cuming

RA
Born(1930-02-16)16 February 1930
London, England
Died12 June 2022(2022-06-12) (aged 92)
Iden, East Sussex, England
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forLandscape painting
Elected
  • ARA (1969), RA (1974)
  • NEAC (1960)
  • HonRBA
  • HonROI
Websitefredcuming.com
Stormy Weather and Kite by Fred Cuming

Life and art

Cuming was born in London of English, Scottish and Irish ancestry.[2] He received his art education at Sidcup School of Art (1945–49) and, after National Service, at the Royal College of Art. He was awarded the Abbey Minor Travelling Scholarship to visit Italy. In 1969, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA), and a Royal Academician (RA) in 1974. He was elected as a member of the New English Art Club in 1960.[3][4]

As well as continuing to paint Italian scenes, including Venice, he still devoted much time to the landscape of the Southern English coastline, including Hastings and Rye. His art has an impressionist quality which captures "the fleeting impressions of his surroundings".[5] He first encountered such landscapes as a child evacuee during the Blitz. The powerful contrast to his home in London created an enduring love for it.[5]

He lived in Rye, near Ashford, Kent until his death in June 2022.[6]

Ferry to Polryn by Fred Cuming

In a review for the BBC, Andrew Walker said:

Fred Cuming's haunting, vaguely Turneresque, painting, Ferry to Polrwen, combines great subtlety, especially in his skilful representation of a lowering sky, with an end-of-era feel, strongly redolent of Turner's own masterpiece, the Fighting Temeraire.[7]

Awards

His awards included:

  • 1977 Joint winner of Grand Prix Fine Art, Monte Carlo
  • 1986 Sir Brinsley Ford Award, New English Club
  • 1988 Grand Prix de l'Art Contemporaries
  • 1994 House and Garden Award[8]

Collections

His work is in many collections including the Royal Academy, Ministry of Works, Maidstone Museum, Carlisle Museum, Worcester College, Oxford, London Tourist Board, National Trust Foundation for Art, Department of the Environment, Brighton and Hove Museum, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Bradford Museum, New Metropole Arts Centre, Folkestone, Monte Carlo Museum, St John's College, Oxford, Lloyd's of London, London Weekend Television and the Guinness Collection.[8]

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Obituary | Fred Cuming RA NEAC Hon RBA Hon ROI". Royal Society of British Artists. Archived from the original on 14 February 2023.
  2. Buckman, David: "Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945", page 362. Art Dictionaries, 2006
  3. Miller, Michael (16 June 2022). "Fred Cuming RA obituary". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  4. "Frederick Cuming - Overview". NEAC | New English Art Club. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  5. "Frederick Cuming". NEAC | New English Art Club. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. Cole, John. "Fred Cuming: Surviving the Blitzkrieg". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. "Summer Exhibition stands tall". 2 June 2003. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. "Fred Cuming" Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine Adam Gallery. Accessed 1 February 2007
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