Roy Turner Durrant NEAC
1925-1998
Roy Turner Durrant
Roy Turner Durrant (1925-1988) was a distinguished painter and poet. Born in Lavenham, Suffolk, Durrant studied at Camberwell School of Art, where he was influenced by the likes of Victor Pasmore, Keith Vaughan and John Minton.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1950. Solo exhibitions in London included Beaux Arts Gallery (1950), Roland, Browse and Delbanco (1954), Loggia Gallery (1973, 1975, 1981, 1984) and Belgrave Gallery (1991).
Durrant’s figurative style, visible in the early part of his career, moved to abstraction in the 1950s. The artist was a member of the New English Art Club.
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“Roy Turner Durrant, reticent to the point of reclusive – he shunned even his own exhibitions – was not a ‘group’ artist and yet his exhibiting career was long and distinguished, culminating with work in major public collections in the UK and internationally.”