Portrait of a Young Boy, 1958
Geoffrey Squire RSA was born in West Yorkshire and was educated at Heckmondwike Grammar School, winning a scholarship to Leeds School of Art. This was the first of several scholarships that saw him study at the Ruskin School of Art at Oxford University and then Slade School of Fine Art at the University College London.
After serving in the Second World War and the completion of his studies, he was offered a teaching post at Glasgow School of Art in 1947 where he eventually became a senior lecturer. He worked primarily as a portrait painter and his work can be found in private collections worldwide as well as in the Royal Scottish Academy.