b. 1933 - d. 2020

Jeremy King was an English painter and printmaker who specialized in landscape art. By age 34, after nine years spent teaching art and design, he began to pursue his own art practice full-time. Painting on location across Europe, King created works defined by fluid linework and muted color palettes. The “plein air” approach he favored — painting outdoors and on-site — is often associated with Impressionism.

About Jeremy King

• Artist Name: Jeremy King


• Alias: Jeremy King


• Profession: Painter


• Nationality: English

Jeremy King was an English painter and printmaker whose works give viewers a glimpse into his travels throughout Europe. His landscape paintings and prints depict serene pastoral settings in Spain, France, and the United Kingdom. In his 1976 painting St. Ives, Cornwall, he captures the rough waters of St. Ives Bay near his home in the English county of Cornwall.

With a formal education from both the Lancaster and Macombe Colleges of Art, King began his professional life as a secondary school art and design teacher. At the age of 34, he transitioned to his own full-time painting and lithography career. Along with his wife, fellow painter Brenda King, he traveled throughout Europe, painting the landscapes and bodies of water he encountered along the way. His dreamlike style and “plein air” technique of painting outdoors and on-site have been compared to the work of the Impressionist painters.

Related Styles and Movements

• Landscape Painting


• Printmaking


• Impressionism

Highlights and Achievements

• King’s work has been displayed across the world. The Tate Britain gallery in London currently houses several of his paintings in its collection.


• His 2006 painting Henley Reach sold for £800 GBP ($1,007 USD) in December 2014 via the Oxford-based auction house Mallams.

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