11 Facts About Meredith Frampton

Meredith Frampton was educated at Westminster School and after some months learning to speak French in Geneva he enrolled at the St John's Wood School of Art.

Meredith Frampton went on to attend the Royal Academy Schools between 1912 and 1915, where he won both a first prize and a silver medal.

Meredith Frampton was an early member of the Society of Graphic Art and exhibited there in 1921.

Meredith Frampton painted portraits of the Duke of York, who was to become King George VI, academics and scientists, and a series of full length portraits of women from fashionable society.

Meredith Frampton painted in smooth colours without visible brushstrokes, achieving a look of almost photographic realism.

Meredith Frampton had several of the objects in the painting made specially for the painting and his mother made the dress worn by the model, Margaret Austin-Jones.

Meredith Frampton modelled for him again in one of his most famous works, A Game of Patience, now hanging in the Ferens Art Gallery in Hull.

In 1953 Meredith Frampton requested that the Royal Academy place him on its list of retired members.

Meredith Frampton's eyesight had begun to worsen, convincing him that he could no longer paint to his previous high standard and with such meticulous detail.

Meredith Frampton had designed the property in the 1930s and for the rest of his life he worked on improving and maintaining this house, which included his own furniture and clock designs.

For many years Meredith Frampton's art was rarely shown in public and he was largely forgotten.