Alan Boyson

Alan Boyson, RCA (1930[1][2] – 19 August 2018)[3] was an English muralist and sculptor, who worked chiefly in glass,[4] ceramic and concrete.

[5] He was subsequently a lecturer at the School of Ceramics in Wolverhampton College of Art,[4] during which time he established his own studio and began taking commissions.

[5] An Associate of the Royal College of Art, Boyson worked until c. 2004.

[6] When his mural The Tree of Knowledge, at the former Cromwell Secondary School in Salford, was given statutory protection by English Heritage, they said:[5] It has a high level of aesthetic and artistic quality represented in a bold and striking compositionBoyson's Hull murals are the subject of an arts and film project[7] titled Ships in the Sky[8] by Hull filmmaker Esther Johnson,[9] working with Untold Hull[10] at Hull Central Libraries.

The project invites the public to contribute memories and memorabilia related to the Hull Coop building and Boyson's murals.