Norman Blamey

Norman Charles Blamey OBE RA (16 December 1914 – 17 January 2000) was an English painter, noted latterly for his portraits and depictions of Church ritual.

[1] In 1948 he married one of his students, Margaret Kelly, and in 1950 had a son, the philosopher and logician Stephen Blamey.

Blamey's style, though varying slightly at different periods, was generally a meticulous realism.

The latter part of his career was marked by a series of portrait commissions, and his work can be seen in the Halls of a number of Colleges of the University of Oxford.

Blamey's frequent depiction of the rituals of the Mass reflect his long connection with St Pancras Old Church, where he was an altar server.