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Jonathon Xavier Coudrille (born Jonathan Coudrill; November 1945) is an English artist, musician and writer. He has lived from a young age on the
Lizard Peninsula The Lizard ( kw, An Lysardh) is a peninsula in southern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The most southerly point of the British mainland is near Lizard Point at SW 701115; Lizard village, also known as The Lizard, is the most southerl ...
in Cornwall, an area with which he is still closely associated. His father was the artist and ventriloquist Francis Coudrill (1913–1989). In 2011 he founded the Lizard Stuckists.


Career

With notable contributions in a number of fields, Coudrille can be described as a
polymath A polymath ( el, πολυμαθής, , "having learned much"; la, homo universalis, "universal human") is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific pro ...
.


Broadcasting

After attending the
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from 1957 to 1961, Coudrille started out in broadcasting at the age of 17, appearing as a political satirist on both
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Plymouth and the local commercial station
Westward Television Westward Television was the first ITV (TV network), ITV franchise-holder for the South West England, South West of England. It held the franchise from 29 April 1961 until 31 December 1981. After a difficult start, Westward Television provided a ...
, which gave him his own show entitled ''Young Tomorrow''. He also worked on
BBC Radio BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...
's ''Today'' programme, under the aegis of
Jack de Manio Giovanni Batista "Jack" de Manio MC and Bar (26 January 1914 – 28 October 1988) was a British journalist, best known as a radio presenter. Life and work He was the son of Jean and Florence de Manio. His father was an Italian aviator, who died ...
. He continued with musical political satire when he moved from the BBC to Southern Television, where he was given a Monday news magazine slot, and was later the station's musical director for a period. However, his career in broadcasting was abruptly cut short by a car accident in 1972, which temporarily crippled him with spinal damage.


Art

Coudrille studied painting with the leading English surrealist
John Tunnard John Samuel Tunnard (7 May 1900 – 12 December 1971) was an English Modernist designer and painter. He was the cousin of landscape architect Christopher Tunnard. Life Tunnard was born in Sandy, Bedfordshire, and educated at Charterhouse Sc ...
at the
Penzance School of Art Penzance School of Art is an art school in Penzance, Cornwall, England, housed in a purpose-built Grade II listed building opened in 1881. History and description The building, designed by Silvanus Trevail, was erected in 1880–81 and opened on ...
, where Tunnard taught from 1945 to 1965. In 1971 he provided the artwork for the self-titled debut album by rock band
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. He illustrated ''A Fresh Wind in the Willows'' by Dixon Scott, a sequel to
Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame ( ; 8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a British writer born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is most famous for ''The Wind in the Willows'' (1908), a classic of children's literature, as well as '' The Reluctant Dragon''. Both books w ...
's ''
The Wind in the Willows ''The Wind in the Willows'' is a children's novel by the British novelist Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. It details the story of Mole, Ratty, and Badger as they try to help Mr. Toad, after he becomes obsessed with motorcars and get ...
'' published in 1983 by
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in the UK, published in 1987 by Dell Yearling in the United States. During the 1990s, Coudrille exhibited at the Royal Academy in
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and the South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts in Exeter. In 2004, during the
Liverpool Biennial Liverpool Biennial is the largest international contemporary art festival in the United Kingdom. Every two years, the city of Liverpool hosts an extensive range of artworks, projects, and a programme of events. The biennial commissions leading ...
, his work was included in
The Stuckists Punk Victorian ''The Stuckists Punk Victorian'' was the first national gallery exhibition of Stuckist art.Moss, Richard"Stuckist's Punk Victorian gatecrashes Walker's Biennial Culture24, 17 September 2004. Retrieved 3 December 2009. It was held at the Walker A ...
show at the
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. Some of his recent work, most notably the photographic montage ''Analogue of Surreal Nostalgia'' (2005), is in the permanent collection of
Falmouth Art Gallery Falmouth Art Gallery is a publicly funded art gallery in Cornwall, with one of the leading art collections in Cornwall and southwest England, which features work by old masters, major Victorian artists, British and French Impressionists, leadi ...
. Coudrille was interviewed about his life and paintings for the programme ''John Nettles' Westcountry'', broadcast by the Artsworld channel, now known as
Sky Arts Sky Arts (originally launched as Artsworld) is a British free-to-air television channel offering 24 hours a day of programmes dedicated to highbrow arts, including theatrical performances, movies, documentaries and music (such as opera perfor ...
.


Music

Coudrille is also a
multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where ...
; he plays and composes for guitar, seven-string banjo, piano, organ and trumpet. His musical interests and influences are principally jazz,
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and gypsy music. During the 1960s, Coudrille played in
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strip-clubs. During his broadcasting career, he composed and arranged for television and radio; his guitar performance and arrangement of
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's ''
Recuerdos de la Alhambra ''Recuerdos de la Alhambra'' (Memories of the Alhambra) is a classical guitar piece composed in Málaga by Spanish composer and guitarist Francisco Tárrega.Library of Guitar Classics, AMSCO Publications, 1998 It requires the tremolo technique an ...
'' was the signature tune for
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' long-running '' Out of Town''. He entered the Melody Maker's national folk contest in 1974, and was named top rock-folk soloist. Later, at the peak of his musical career during the 1980s, he performed his composition ''Caballeta Suite for Spanish guitar'' in concert with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall in
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. He is currently a member of the Cornish semi-acoustic jazz band, Gwelhellin Goth, and the
Russian folk music Russian folk music specifically deals with the folk music traditions of the ethnic Russian people. Ethnic styles in the modern era The performance and promulgation of ethnic music in Russia has a long tradition. Initially it was intertwined with ...
duo, Muzika Muzikantov.


Writing

Coudrille took up the writing and illustration of children's books as a form of occupational therapy, while recovering from spinal damage. This unexpected turn of events led to him becoming an award-winning author and illustrator. The illustrated alphabet ''A Beastly Collection'' was published in 1974 by
Frederick Warne & Co Frederick Warne & Co. is a British publisher founded in 1865. It is known for children's books, particularly those of Beatrix Potter, and for its Observer's Books. Warne is an imprint of Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of German media cong ...
, the publishers of
Beatrix Potter Helen Beatrix Potter (, 28 July 186622 December 1943) was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as '' The Tale of Peter Rabbit'', which was ...
. The book received critical acclaim, and was compared to the work of
John Tenniel Sir John Tenniel (; 28 February 182025 February 1914)Johnson, Lewis (2003), "Tenniel, John", ''Grove Art Online, Oxford Art Online'', Oxford University Press. Web. Retrieved 12 December 2016. was an English illustrator, graphic humorist and poli ...
. His second book ''Farmer Fisher'' (1975) was a best seller, winning the UK Children's Book of The Year award in 1976. ''Farmer Fisher'' is thought to have been the first picture book on the UK market to include a record (7-inch vinyl disc). It was republished in 1978 by
Puffin Books Puffin Books is a longstanding children's imprint of the British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s, it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. The imprint now belongs t ...
, and in 2010 by Footsteps Press.


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Footsteps Press
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