Peter Greenham Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Peter Greenham
Early Life, Family and Training Born in Streatham, London, on 9 September 1909, Peter Greenham entered a world that would eventually see him become a significant figure in British art. He was not alone in his creative inclinations, for he was the brother of the artist Robert Duckworth Greenham. This familial connection suggests an environment where the visual language of art was a shared understanding. Before he dedicated himself fully
to the brush, his path led him through the halls of Oxford University, where he applied his intellect to the study of English at Magdalen College. The transition from the study of words to the study of form was a profound shift in his development. Between 1935 and 1939, Greenham sought formal training at the Byam Shaw School of Art. It was during these formative years that his technical skill began to take shape under the guidance of…