__NOTOC__ Trevor Stubley RP RBA RSW RWS (27 March 1932 – 8 January 2010) was a Yorkshire portrait and landscape painter, and illustrator. Stubley was born in

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and received art training at

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, and in 1953 at

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. He was a lecturer at Huddersfield School of Art from 1958 to 1960, afterwards working as a freelance artist from his own studio at

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.Trevor Stubley
the ''Yorkshire Post'', 8 January 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2011"Trevor Stubley RP - Obituary"
, Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Retrieved 23 November 2011 Stubley received 500 portrait commissions (including those for the HM the Queen,

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and

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), illustrated over 400 children's books, and painted landscape watercolours in 18 countries for the last 23 years of his life. He exhibited within

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, Ireland and the USA, and his paintings are held in private and public collections, particularly at the National Portrait Gallery,

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, the

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, the

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, various universities throughout the UK, and at his own gallery on the outskirts of Holmfirth."Trevor Stubley, RP, RBA, RSW, RWS"
''Debrett’s''. Retrieved 23 November 2011 From 1994 to 1999, Stubley served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, and was made an honorary member of the society in 2003. He died in

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, aged 77.

Prizes

*1955 – Andrew Grant Major Travelling Scholar *1955 – William Hoffman Wood Gold Medal for Painting *1981–82 –

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Fine Art fellowship *1982 – Arts Council Award *1986 – Hunting Group Art Prize *1990 – Singer and Friedlander/Sunday Times Prize

Selected illustrated books

* Bradburne, Elizabeth S. (1968) ''Hey Diddle Dumpling''; Schofield & Sims Ltd. * Mayne, William (1968) ''The Yellow Aeroplane''; Reindeer Books / Hamish Hamilton. * Naughton, Bill (1975) ''The Goalkeeper's Revenge''; London: Macmillan * Boshell, Gordon (1977) ''Captain Cobwebb and the Mischief Man''; Macdonald & Jane's. * White, T. H. (1978) ''

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: The Unpublished Conclusion to The Once and Future''; Berkley Medallion. * Dale, Alan T. (1979) ''Portrait of Jesus''; Oxford University Press. * Cate, Dick (1980) ''Old Dog, New Tricks''; Puffin Books. * Pinto, Jaqueline (1983) ''The School Dinner Disaster''; Hamish Hamilton Ltd. * Andrews, Ian (1987) ''Boudica Against Rome (Cambridge introduction to world history)'';

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. . Illustrated with

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. * Escott, John (1987) ''Radio Alert''; Puffin Books. * Mahy, Margaret (1987) ''Clancy's Cabin''; Puffin Books. * Hardcastle, Michael (1989) ''Free Kick''; Mammoth.

References

External links

Artist's web site (profile)
Retrieved 23 November 2011 *
"Obituary: Trevor Stubley"
''Huddersfield Examiner''. Retrieved 23 November 2011
"Gallery: A fitting tribute to Trevor Stubley"
''Huddersfield Examiner''. Retrieved 23 November 2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Stubley, Trevor 1932 births 2010 deaths 20th-century English painters English male painters 21st-century English painters English illustrators Artists from Leeds People from Holmfirth Alumni of Leeds Arts University Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art 20th-century English male artists 21st-century English male artists