Hubert Arthur Finney 1905-1991

Attended evening classes at Bromley School of Art in 1915. Studied painting with Amy Katherine Browning and etching with Eric Gill. Around 1927 won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, where he studied under William Rothenstein, other artists encountered there including Barnett Freedman, Percy Horton, Albert Houthuesen. In 1929 after graduation took up a travelling scholarship, returning to teach part time at Chelsea School of Art under Percy Hague Jowett. In the 1927-2934 FInney exhibited several times at the NEAC and in 1935 his painting was sold to Carlisle Art Gallery. Finney joined the light rescue service of Civil Defence in 1939. Taught for a time at the Sutton School of Art. Showed his work at Royal Academy and the Paris Salon. A large solo exhibition took place at the University of Oxford's Institute of Education in 1964.