Myles Murphy (painter)
Myles Francis Martin Murphy (14 February 1927 – 16 November 2016) was an English people, English painter known for his mathematical approach to depictions of the human figure which he learned at the Slade School of Art where he later taught. In 1954 he was seriously burned while painting himself in a wedding dress but subsequently won the Slade diploma prize for the portrait he was working on at the time. In 1974, he won the John Moores Painting Prize for ''Figure with Yellow Foreground''. Early life Myles Murphy was born on 14 February 1927 in Bury, Lancashire, into a Catholic family of eight children. His parents intended him to train as a doctor but instead he was influenced into art by L. S. Lowry who was teaching evening classes in Bury. He entered the Slade School of Art where he stayed for four years until 1955 and was taught by William Coldstream and Claude Rogers (artist), Claude Rogers. He joined a group of students to whom Coldstream taught a precise method of depicti ...
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Myles Murphy Painter
In Greek mythology, Myles (; Ancient Greek: Μύλης means 'mill-man') was an ancient king of Laconia. He was the son of the King Lelex and possibly the naiad Queen Cleocharia, and brother of Polycaon. Myles was the father of Eurotas who begotten Sparta (mythology), Sparta after whom the Sparta, city of Sparta was named. Mythology After Lelex's death, Myles ruled over Laconia, and later on, following his own death, his son Eurotas succeeded him. Myles was said to be the first mortal to invent a mill and ground corn in Alesiaeum, Alesiae. References

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