Frank Lisle (1916–1986) was a British painter and art teacher, who numbered a young
David Hockney
David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists o ...
among his pupils when he was Head of Art at
Bradford College of Art
Bradford is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a p ...
.
He was principal of
Jacob Kramer College from 1970 to 1977.
Among his portrait sitters were another pupil,
Donald Rooum,
and
Alice Bacon, MP for
North-East Leeds.
His work is in collections including those of
The Hepworth Wakefield
The Hepworth Wakefield is an art museum in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, which opened on 21 May 2011. The gallery is situated on the south side of the River Calder and takes its name from artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth who was born an ...
, and
Leeds City Council
Leeds City Council is the local authority of the City of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. It is a metropolitan district council, one of five in West Yorkshire and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majority of l ...
.
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Biography
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1916 births
1986 deaths
20th-century English painters
English male painters
British art teachers
Artists from Bradford
20th-century English male artists