BiographyThomas Mcknight is a prominent figure in the fine art world. His paintings, limited edition Derrick Greaves was born in 1927 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England and one of the most important British painters of the last half century. He originally worked as a songwriter, but Derrick soon dedicated himself to his true artistic passion and he studied first at the Royal College of Art and later in Italy. Derrick has held many one-man and group exhibitions in the UK, Europe and the United States. His work is prominently displayed in the world's most prestigious public galleries, including the Tate Gallery, the Contemporary Arts Society, the Arts Council of Great Britan, the New York Public Library and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

He initially gained acclaim in the 1950s, when he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale along with the other 'Kitchen-Sink' painters with whom he was associated: John Bratby, Edward Middleditch and Jack Smith.  His work has developed from the social realism of the 1950s to a more heraldic style that paralleled 1960s Pop Art, from an imagery based on nature and observable fact to more studio-bound imaginative constructs.

Public Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
Bank of Ireland, Dublin
British Council
British Museum
Castle Museum, Norwich
Chantrey Bequest
City of Milton Keynes Collection
Contemporary Arts Society
Cranfield College of Technology
Department of the Environment
Government Art Collection
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
IBM, New York
Johannesburg Public Gallery
Leeds Art Gallery
Leicestershire County Collection
Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin
New York Public Library
Norfolk Contemporary Arts Association
North Wales Association of Arts
Northwestern University, Chicago
Pembroke College, Oxford
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Public Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
Reading Art Gallery
Southampton Art Gallery
Tate Gallery, London
University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Wesleyan University, Chicago

Artists Books and Folios
‘The Sower as Self-Portrait, Homage to Van Gogh’, A portfolio of screenprints and etchings, published by the Artist, 1986.
‘Also’, Seven screenprints with text by Roy Fisher, published by Tetrad Press, London 1972.
‘The Songs of Bilitis’, Suite of 25 screenprints, published by the Artist, 1977.
‘Sanskrit Love Poems’, Nine screenprints with text, published by Tetrad Press, 1987.

Selected Bibliography
‘British Painting 1952 - 1977’, Royal Academy, Catalogue, 1977.
‘The British Art Show, Recent Paintings and Sculpture by 112 Artists Selected by William Packer’, toured Sheffield, Newcastle and Bristol, Catalogue, 1980.
‘Derrick Greaves, Paintings 1953 - 80’, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, Catalogue, 1980.
‘Israel Observed’, An Exhibition by 10 British Artists’, Catalogue, 1981.
‘Books and Folios’, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, Catalogue, 1981.
‘British Artists’ Books 1970-83’, Atlantis Gallery, Catalogue, 1984.
‘The Forgotten Fifties’, Catalogue, 1984.
‘Derrick Greaves - Forty from Ten’, Loughborough and tour, Catalogue with text by Peter Wheeler, 1986.
‘150th Anniversary Exhibition of Printmaking from the Royal College’, Catalogue, 1987.
‘Exhibition Road - Painters at the Royal College of Art’, Phaidon-Christie’s Ltd, 1988.
‘Portrait of the Artist’, Tate Gallery Publications, 1989.
‘Within these Shores - A Selection of Works from the Chantrey Bequest 1883 - 1985’, The Tate Gallery Publications, Catalogue, 1989.
‘The Kitchen Sink Painters’, Mayor Gallery, London, Catalogue, 1993.
‘New Norfolk Drawings’, King’s Lynn Arts Centre, Catalogue with text by Elspeth Barker, 1993.
‘The Kitchen Sink School’, Arts Review, 1994.
‘Except the Kitchen Sink’, Derrick Greaves, Arts Review, June 1994.
‘Kitchen Sink and other drawings of the Fifties’, Mayor Gallery, London, Catalogue with text by Gail-Nina Anderson, 1994.
‘The Artist’s Eye’, Arts Review, 1997.
‘Artist’s Profiles - Derrick Greaves’, Print Making Today, 1997.
‘The Battle for Realism’, James Hyman, Yale University Press, 2001