Early years in Swindon Glyn Uzzell was born in Swindon, in 1930, to Willy and Vera Uzzell. His family home was in Pinehurst which, as Glyn’s sister Wendy recalled, had a great sense of community that Glyn enjoyed returning to throughout his life. For many young men living in Swindon at the time, the obvious… Continue reading Beginnings: Swindon-born and London-trained
Mapping the Exhibitions
Over the past few years, I’ve been snatching Sunday afternoons here and there to undertake the meaty task of auditing the Glyn Uzzell Archive (as I’ve come to call it). The archive has material relating to the artist’s life and work from the 1960s through to the 2010s. Recording it has become a much more… Continue reading Mapping the Exhibitions
Researching Glyn Uzzell
It’s been a while since I set up this blog, and longer than I care to admit since my first post entitled First Encounters. Since I began to push forward on my research into Glyn Uzzell in Spring 2023, I’ve been excited about where this project will take me and how it can help define… Continue reading Researching Glyn Uzzell
First Encounters
In October 2021, I stood in the sun-drenched garden of opera singer Graeme Broadbent, admiring a large collection of artworks by post-war artist Glyn Uzzell. Graeme (with whom I became fast friends, and therefore refer to casually by his first name) revealed hundreds of canvases and works on paper, spanning decades of Uzzell’s career. These,… Continue reading First Encounters
Glyn Uzzell: Making a Mark 