David Hepher

David Hepher is a British artist, best known for his paintings of buildings, landscapes, especially tower blocks, including the Aylesbury Estate.

Early life

David Hepher was born in Surrey, England on 22 January 1935. He studied at Camberwell School of Art and then at Slade School of Art.
He later became a senior lecturer in painting at Chelsea School of Art from 1981 to 1990. Since 2001 he became a professor and head of undergraduate painting at Slade School of Fine Art.
He bought a house in Camberwell Grove, England, in 1961 and has lived there ever since.

Career

His work has been exhibited in the Serpentine Gallery, Flowers Gallery, Mappin Art Gallery, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Hayward Gallery, Ikon Gallery and Tate Britain.
In 2014 he featured in the two-part BBC Four documentary: "Bunkers, Brutalism, Bloodymindedness: Concrete Poetry", where he was interviewed by Jonathan Meades.

Collections

; Arts Council Collection
; British Arts Council
; Bradford Museum and Art Gallery
; Museum Boymans-van Beuningen
; Museum of London
; Tate Gallery
; Victoria and Albert Museum