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Frederik George Rees Cuming RA, normally known as Fred Cuming, (born 1930), is a contemporary British landscape painter, who works in a traditional manner. ==Life and art== Fred Cuming was born in London of English, Scottish and Irish ancestry.〔Buckman, David: "Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945", page 362. Art Dictionaries, 2006〕 He received his art education at Sidcup School of Art (1945–9) and, after National Service, at the Royal College of Art. He was awarded the Abbey Minor Travelling Scholarship to visit Italy. In 1964, he was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy (ARA), and a Royal Academician (RA) in 1974. He is also a member of the New English Art Club. As well as continuing to paint Italian scenes, including Venice, he still devotes much time to the landscape of the Southern English coastline, including Hastings and Rye. His art has an impressionist quality which captures "the fleeting impressions of his surroundings."〔("Fred Cuming" ) NEAC. Accessed 1 February 2007.〕 He first encountered such landscapes as a child evacuee during the Blitz. The powerful contrast to his home in London created an enduring love for it.〔 He lives in Rye, near Ashford, Kent. In a review for the BBC, Andrew Walker said: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frederick Cuming (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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