John Golding (British b.1929)
Born in Hastings, England, John Golding was educated in Mexico and Canada, before returning to England, where he researched his PhD at the Courtauld Institute, London.
Despite his brilliance as an academic and curator, Golding's first love remained painting. Over the years, his work has moved from the figurative to the abstract, though his paintings are still rooted in the human figure: 'metaphors for the body' as he described them. The New Art Centre held an exhibition of Golding's paintings in 2003, his first for nearly ten years following his triumph as a senior curator of the MatissePicasso exhibition at Tate Modern in 2002.