Frank Bowling

 Age: 87 years (26 February 1934)

Education: Royal College of Art (1962), Chelsea College of Art & Design

Art Style: Abstract expressionism, Colour Field Painting, Lyrical Abstraction

Nationality: British, Guyanese 

Spouse: Rachel Scott

Children: Sacha Bowling, Dan Bowling 

Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship (twice)

"Big Bird" painting won the Grand Prize for Contemporary Arts at the First World Festival of Negro Arts in 1965

26 May 2005 Elected to be a member of England's Royal Academy of Arts 

2008 Appointed Officer of the Order of British Empire (OBE)  in the Queen's Birthday Honours. In the 2020 Birthday Honours he was Knighted for services of art.


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