Within the Eighties Tim Hilton was a memorable visiting tutor once I was a mature pupil of tremendous artwork at Birmingham Polytechnic (now Birmingham Metropolis College). A tweed jacket that had seen higher days made us surprise initially whether or not a quite eccentric character had simply come off the road to have a look at the gorgeous Arts and Crafts constructing.
There have been no artwork historical past lectures – he was extra of a wandering minstrel within the studios, fascinated by every particular person’s work and placing it into context, historic and modern. The information and criticism that he imparted in dialog with humour had been misplaced on nobody.
