Ian Hamilton Finlay

Ian Hamilton Finlay

Poet, writer, artist and gardener. Born in the Bahamas to Scottish parents and brought up in Scotland. Studied at Glasgow School of Art. Combined his interests by installing concrete poetry in his ...

Person, Art, Sculpture, Caribbean Islands, Scotland

1 memorial
Sir Ambrose Fleming

Sir Ambrose Fleming

Electrical engineer. Born John Ambrose Fleming in a house named Greenfield in Lancaster. Best known for inventing the first thermionic valve or vacuum tube. He was also an accomplished photographer...

Person, Art, Engineering, Photography

1 memorial
Flower Fairy Books

Flower Fairy Books

A series of books created by the illusrator Cicely Mary Barker. The first one was published in 1923

Fiction, Art, Literature

1 memorial
Vivian Forbes

Vivian Forbes

Painter and poet. Born London.  Served in the Royal Fusiliers in WW1. Had a close relationship with Glyn Philpot and on Philpot's death, Forbes died by suicide, the day after the funeral. The pict...

Person, Art, Poetry

1 memorial
Peggy Fortnum

Peggy Fortnum

Illustrator. Born in Harrow, Margaret Fortnum has illustrated about 80 children's books, most famously the Paddington series from the beginning to 1974. Andrew Behan has researched Fortnum: Margar...

Person, Art

2 memorials
Mark Frances

Mark Frances

Mural painter active in 1990 in Poplar.

Person, Art

1 memorial
Freeform Arts Trust

Freeform Arts Trust

Free Form is unique in providing the full range of arts and creative services for the built environment to place art at the heart of urban regeneration.

Group, Art, Craft / Design

5 memorials
Lucian Freud, OM, CH

Lucian Freud, OM, CH

Painter. Lucian Michael Freud was born Berlin, Germany. In 1933 his family moved with him to England to escape the Nazis. Grandson of Sigmund, brother of Clement. He was appointed a Companion of Ho...

Person, Art, Germany

1 memorial
William Powell Frith

William Powell Frith

Painter.  Born Yorkshire.  Moved to London in 1835. Died Carton Hill. Wikipedia gives his birth day as "19" but the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and My Yorkshire both give "9".

Person, Art

1 memorial
Tamara Froud

Tamara Froud

Mosaic and mural artist.

Person, Art

1 memorial
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