Lionel Bulmer
Lionel Bulmer studied at Croydon School of Art for two years before being conscripted in the army. After WWII in 1944 he enrolled at the Royal College of Art and it was here that he met his future wife Margaret Green, also a painter. In 1948, Bulmer obtained a teaching post at Kingston School of Art and continued teaching there until 1983 when he and his wife decided to give up their teaching posts to devote themselves full-time to painting. The couple adored the beach at Aldeburgh, but on discovering Southwold they both became hooked, resulting in many canvases suggesting that the two figures were fixtures on the beach and beside the harbour over every high summer between 1960 and 1990.
Bulmer exhibited at the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy of Art in 1947, Leicester Galleries from 1948 as well as the Trafford Gallery, New English Art Club, Royal Watercolour Society where he was an associate member. The Lionel Bulmer and Margaret Green Studio Estate is represented by David Messum Fine Art.
Bulmer died in 1992, leaving Green was utterly bereft.