Bernard Farmer (1919-2002)
Bernard Farmer 1919-2002
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Artist Information
Bernard Farmer was a painter and maker of abstract constructions. He was born and lived in London. He studied at Chelsea Polytechnic School of Art and showed with LG, New Vision Centre, St Martin's Gallery and AIA. Solo exhibitions included Heal's Art Gallery, 1964 and Angela Flowers Gallery, 1982. Bernard Farmer said that "the more simple I can make an image the better I like it .... the less can always expand in the mind, whereas more either constricts or becomes too much." Farmer was co-organiser with Malcolm Hughes of Directions-Connections at AIA Gallery, 1961, and had work reproduced in Frank Avray Wilson's 'Art as Understanding', 1963. The painter Adrian Heath was a strong advocate of his work. The Arts Council and Contemporary Art Society hold examples of his work.