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River Study A and B (1998 England)
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Medium
oil on panel
Signed/Inscribed/Datedboth signed, titled & dated 'Maurice Cockrill/1998' ( verso)
Dimensions20.00cm wide 66.50cm high (7.87 inches wide 26.18 inches high)
Literature
Bibl Dictionary of Artists in Britain since 1945
Group Exhibition include:
Neptune & Everyman Theatres Liverpool
Blue Coast Gallery Liverpool
Liverpool Academy
Portal Gallery & RCamA
Solo Exhibition include:
Liverpool 1980’s
Bernard Jacobson London
Walker Gallery, Retrospective Liverpool 1995
In 2002 The Belgrave Gallery held a retrospective of Cockrill’s paintings from 1978-98, Archeus showing En Plein Air Paintings, 2004
MAURICE COCKRILL RA (born 1936)
‘Rivers Study A & B’ (a pair)
oil on panel - 66.5 x 20cm
signed, titled & dated 'Maurice Cockrill/1998' ( verso)
Maurice Cockrill was a painter and teacher, born in Hartlepool, County Durham.
In the late 50’s he studied painting at evening classes, then in 1960 was accepted by Denbigh Technical College to study painting full-time, attending University of Reading, 1963-4
Cockrill’s Liverpool work was in line with that of such artist as Sam Walsh and Adrian Henri, employing Pop and Photo-Realism, as shown in his retrospective at Walker Art Gallery Liverpool. Elected RA 1999.



