Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher
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Fletcher was born in Bolton, Lancashire and educated at the University of London and the Slade School of Art and won a scholarship from the British School at Rome.[1] His drawings appeared in British newspapers such as The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and he worked for The Daily Telegraph, writing and illustrating a column, from 1962 to 1990. He used this medium to promote his drawings and texts about London, focusing on such mundane sights as gas lamps, Edwardian tea rooms, cast-iron lavatories and crumbling terraces. The term 'Geoffrey Fletcher London' is used to refer to his idiosyncratic descriptions.[2]
His best-known work, The London Nobody Knows, was made into a documentary film in 1967, directed by Norman Cohen and featuring British actor James Mason.[3]
Bibliography
- Town's Eye View (1960)
- The London Nobody Knows (1962)
- Popular Art in England (1962)
- City Sights (1963)
- London Overlooked (1964)
- London's River (1965)
- Pearly Kingdom (1965)
- Elements of Sketching (1966)
- Down Among The Meths Men (1966)
- Offbeat in London (1966)
- London's Pavement Pounders (1967)
- Sketch It In Colour (1967)
- Sketching In Colour (1968)
- Offbeat in the City of London (1968)
- Geoffrey Fletcher's London (1968)
- Changing London (1969)
- London After Dark (1969)
- Pocket Guide to Dickens' London (1969)
- The London Dickens Knew (1970)
- Sketching at Home and Abroad (Pitman Correspondence College) (1970)
- London Souvenirs (1973)
- Paint it Yourself in Oils (1973)
- Italian Impressions (1974)
- Paint it in Watercolour (1974)
- Sketch it in Black and White (1975)
- Figure and Portrait Drawing (1978)
- Portraits of London (1978)
- London At My Feet (1980)
- Beginner's Guide to Painting, Drawing and Sketching (1982)
- London: A Private View (1990)
