CHRONOLOGY

This chronology outlines key moments in Michael Fell’s life, providing a factual framework alongside the narrative account in Biography.

Early Life and Training

1939
Born in Great Dunmow, Essex. Early childhood in Epping; evacuated to Newcastle during the Second World War.

Education
• London Oratory School
• St George’s College, Weybridge

Art Training
• St Martin’s School of Art
• Independent study in Italy (early 1960s): Florence and Rome
• 1965 scholarship to City & Guilds of London Art School
• City & Guilds Travelling Prize (study in Rome)

London Period

Artistic Activity
• Urban observational drawings and paintings
• Intensive work in etching and aquatint

Teaching and Roles
• Mid-1970s — invited by Roger de Grey RA to join City & Guilds teaching staff
• 1984–1987 — Chair, Society of Designer Craftsmen

Exhibitions and Acquisitions
• 1969 & 1971 — Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk
• 1970s — Jordan Gallery, Camden Lock
• 1972 — Mall Galleries, London (joint exhibition with Dick Onians)
• 1972 — Modern Prints and Drawings, British Museum; acquisitions from London series

Suffolk Period

Relocations
• 1984 — moved to Bungay, Suffolk
• 1996 — moved to Ipswich, Suffolk

Artistic Activity
• Expansion into larger narrative paintings
• Interiors and architectural motifs
• Restoration of the Music House

Exhibitions
• 1993 & 1999 — Chappel Galleries, Essex
• 1996 — Grosvenor Gallery, London (A Taste of Armagnac)

Gascony Period

Relocation
• 2000 — settled permanently in the Gers region of south-west France

Artistic Activity
• Landscape cycles
• Village and café scenes from Vic-Fezensac
• Continued printmaking and religious imagery

Exhibitions
• 2001 — Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich
• 2002 — L’Isle-de-Noé
• 2010 — With Love from France, Bankside Gallery, London
• 2014 — Chapelle de Las
• 2022 — Confluences, Rozès

2023
Died in Toulouse.