Douglas Frederick Pittuck (1911-1993) was an accomplished fine art painter. Born in South East London, he attended Wallington Grammar School. This was followed, between 1931 & 1939, by part-time study at Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford and then full-time between 1946 and 1948.
Douglas Pittuck soon made his home the market town of Barnard Castle in Teesdale, County Durham. From 1948, he taught art at Barnard Castle School for a quarter of a century, was a founder of Barnard Castle Art Society and was one of the ‘Four Teesside Painters’.
In 1958, Pittuck created a mural on the east wall of the newly-built St Mary’s Parish Hall, in Barnard Castle. It has recently undergone a successful restoration by local restorer, Luke Jordan (it’s shown – pre-restoration – at the top of the montage above).
He seemed to develop a number of different styles during his career; the pair of paintings at the bottom of the montage remind me of the works by the Grosvenor School.
His work is in the collections of The Science Museum, The Bowes Museum, New College, Oxford and Durham County Council.
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ArtUK | Invaluable | Run Ing