Dalston Junction, June, 1972
| 1926 | Born in Islington, London |
| 1926-39 |
Lived in Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, and Hackney |
| 1938-43 |
Attended Hackney Downs (Grocers’) School |
| 1939-43 | Evacuated to King’s Lynn, Norfolk |
| 1943 |
Attended life drawing classes at Toynbee Hill and classes at St Martin’s School of Art |
| 1943-45 |
Commercial art course at St Martin’s School of Art |
| 1945-48 |
Military Service with Royal Fusiliers |
| 1949-53 |
Studied at St Martin’s School of Art |
| 1950-52 | Attended David Bomberg’s evening classes at Borough Polytechnic |
| 1950-54 | Occupied studio in Mornington Crescent |
| 1953-56 | Studied at the Royal College of Art |
| 1954 | Married Rosalind Pearl |
| 1955 |
Birth of their son David |
| 1956 |
Joined Helen Lessore’s Beaux Arts Gallery in Bruton Place |
| 1959-69 | Taught at Regent Street Polytechnic, Chelsea School of Art, and St Martin’s School of Art |
| 1961-66 | Awarded a prize at the 1961 John Moores Liverpool Exhibition. Occupies studio in Willesden Junction |
| 1966 |
Moved studio to Willesden Green |
| 1972-75 |
Occupied an additional studio in Dalston Lane |
| 1973 | Represented by Fischer Fine Art, London |
| 1982 | Represented by L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, California |
| 1988 | Represented by Anthony d’Offay |
| 1995 | Represented Britain at the Venice Biennale. Represented by Annely Juda Fine Art and then Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York |
| 2019 | Died 4 July in London |