CURL, Henley Graham

1910 - 1989

Henley Graham Curl was born at Newmarket Road, Norwich on 25 May 1910, son of Percy Edward Curl (26 July 1874-12 March 1959), department store proprietor, and his wife Janet Elsie née Smethurst (7 September 1886-13 March 1959), who married at Marylebone, London on 19 May 1909. In 1911, Henley was living at Newmarket Road, Norwich with his parents, 36-year-old Percy and 24-year-old Janet, born Bryan, Lancashire with four indoor servants. Henley, who passed his law examinations in 1939, studied at the East Anglian School of Painting & Drawing at Benton End, Hadleigh, Suffolk and as a student he spent some time in Jamaica. A council member and exhibitor at the Norfolk & Norwich Art Circle 1935-1984 from Thorpe; Swainsthorp and Wreningham, all in Norfolk and he exhibited at the Royal Academy. He married at Acle, Norfolk in 1949, Margaret Annie Johnson Taylor (8 September 1908-5 January 1976). Henley Graham Curl died at The Homestead, Church Road, Wreningham, Norfolk on 21 September 1989.

Royal Academy Exhibits
from Garwood, Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich
1947 866 St Benedict's, Norwich - watercolour

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