Norman Charles Blamey, “the Model Makers”, 1958, Oil on Board, Government Art Collection, United Kingdom

Norman Blamey was an English painter, famous for his portraits and depictions of Church rituals. Blamey was educated at Holloway School in London, and then at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Art. He went on to teach at the Polytechnic – interrupted by military service during World War II – moving to the Chelsea College of Art and Design in 1963. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, and became an Associate in 1970 and an Academician in 1975. He was a Visiting Lecturer at the Academy Schools, also taught at the Prince of Wales’ Institute of Architecture in the early 1990s

Blamey’s style, though varying slightly at different periods, was generally a meticulous realism. He was influenced by Stanley Spencer (1891–1959), as well as by 15th-century Flemish art.