Ben Levene (born Gerald Philip Levene, 23 December 1938 – 15 September 2010) was a British painter. He went to
St. Clement Danes School
St Clement Danes School is a mixed academy school in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire.
Admissions
St Clement Danes is a partially selective school, providing education to students aged 11 (Year 7) through to 18 (Year 13). Most students are admit ...
. In 1956 he won a scholarship to the
Slade School of Art (where he first met lifelong friend and fellow RA
Anthony Green). Later he was awarded the
University of London postgraduateship in 1960-61, and then a Boise scholarship in 1961-62. This enabled him to live and work in Spain, accompanied by his first wife, Jane Fogarty, and their daughter Rachel.
He was a visiting lecturer at the
Camberwell School of Art from 1963 to 1989. From 1980 to 1995 he was visiting tutor at the Royal Academy Schools, and he was also Visiting Tutor at City & Guilds of London Art School from 1990 to 1995.
He was elected an associate of the
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its pur ...
in 1975 and a royal academician in 1986. He served as curator of the Royal Academy schools between 1995 and 1998.
Ben Levene died on 15 September 2010. He was survived by his second wife Susan (whom he had married in 1978) and their son, Jacob, and by two daughters, Rachel and Sophie, from his first marriage.
In public collections
The following public collections contain works by Ben Levene:
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Chantrey Bequest
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Government Art Collection
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Guildhall Art Gallery
* Hull Education Centre
* Leicestershire Education Committee
* Paintings in Hospitals, Nuffield Collection
* Rochdale Museum, SIV Fund Purchase
* Southampton Art Gallery, Stott Collection
References
External links
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Ben Levene pageat the Royal Academy website
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1938 births
2010 deaths
Royal Academicians
20th-century British painters
British male painters
21st-century British painters
People educated at St. Clement Danes School
Alumni of University College London
20th-century British male artists
21st-century British male artists