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Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher

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Geoffrey Scowcroft Fletcher (1923–2004) was a British artist and art critic, and is best known for his 1962 book The London Nobody Knows.

Career

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Fletcher was born in Bolton, Lancashire and educated at the University of London and the Slade School of Art and won a scholarship from the British School at Rome.[1] His drawings appeared in British newspapers such as The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and he worked for The Daily Telegraph, writing and illustrating a column, from 1962 to 1990. He used this medium to promote his drawings and texts about London, focusing on such mundane sights as gas lamps, Edwardian tea rooms, cast-iron lavatories and crumbling terraces. The term 'Geoffrey Fletcher London' is used to refer to his idiosyncratic descriptions.[2]

His best-known work, The London Nobody Knows, was made into a documentary film in 1967, directed by Norman Cohen and featuring British actor James Mason.[3]

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Personal papers

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Islington Local History Centre holds artworks, sketchbooks and personal papers of Geoffrey Fletcher.[4]

London Metropolitan Archives (https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma) have sketchbooks and artworks by Geoffrey Fletcher. Some of which can be seen on The London Picture Archive at: https://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/quick-search?q=geoffrey%20fletcher%20&WINID=1587640297184

References

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  1. ^ "Geoffrey Fletcher at englishbuildings.blogspot.com".
  2. ^ "Past exhibitions: Geoffrey Fletcher's City Sights". Guildhall Art Gallery. 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  3. ^ "The London Nobody Knows (film)". Imdb.com.
  4. ^ "Special Collections leaflet" (PDF). Islington Local History Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2011.


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