FARGHER, Tim

1952 - ?

Timothy John Russell Fargher was born at Louth, Lincolnshire on 7 June 1952, son of Thomas Philip Fargher (26 May 1921-22 February 1987) and his wife Paula née Russell, who married at Louth in 1951. Tim spent the early years of his life living between Holland, Germany, and Italy and after returning to England, his parents divorced in 1963. Whilst a youngster, he found that drawing and painting were subjects at which he excelled, and he attended St Martin's School of Art, where he graduated in 1979. He married in 1978, Elizabeth Mary Servaes, daughter of Lieutenant William Reginald Servaes and Patricia Vestey and they had four children. Fargher's work has centred upon landscape, portraiture, bronze sculpture, and allegorical figure paintings, specialising in oil paintings, watercolours and sculpture as well as producing etchings and prints. His work is represented in collections worldwide, including The Royal Collection; HM The Sultanate of Oman; The Residencia of the British Embassy; BBC Worldwide; Bartle Bogle Hegarty; Henry Poole Ltd; Prudential PLC; Ipswich Town Football Club; Thistle Hotels and McGraw Hill. Private collectors of his work include Sir Peter Pears (1910-1986), Sir Kenneth Berrill CBE, KCB (1920-2009), John Hegarty, Michael Spencer, and Michael Lynch. A member of the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Advisory Committee for the care of Suffolk Churches and has his studio at Blacksmiths Yard, Sudbourne Park, Orford, near Woodbridge, Suffolk.

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