Alan Uglow
Alan Uglow (1941–2011) was a British visual artist, who moved from London to New York City in 1969. Called "a painter's painter" by Roberta Smith, in addition to his paintings, Uglow made objects, sound-and-visual installations, photographs and prints. He died 20 January 2011, in Manhattan, at age sixty-nine, from complications related to lung cancer. Career United Kingdom Starting in his early teens, Uglow attended Colchester School of Art, followed by Leicester College of Art. While at Leicester, he saw an exhibition titled, "The New American Painting," a show of American Abstract Expressionism, at Tate Gallery, London, (1959). He later commented, "[At seventeen], I wasn't sure I understood everything I was seeing, but I knew they would understand everything I was trying to do." Uglow went on to Central School, London, obtaining degrees in painting and in printmaking. His work was included in "Young Contemporaries," (London, 1960/64), "Bradford Spring Exhibition," (1963/64), Grabowski Gallery, (London, 1965), and "Contemporary British Painters," (Lyon, France, 1966). Several decades on, in 1995, Uglow had a one-person show at Gimpel Fils, London, curated by Simon Lee and Kay Gimpel. United States Uglow visited New York City for three weeks, in 1968, moving there permanently, in 1969. He