'A Celebration of his Art' at the Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton St, London SE1 9JH
An exhibition of work by Victor Ambrus 1935 - 2021
The Exhibition runs from Wednesday 2nd August until Sunday 6th August - Private View Tuesday 1st August
Victor Ambrus FSA FRSA(born László Győző Ambrus, 19 August 1935 – 10 February 2021) was a Hungarian-born British illustrator of history, folk tales, and animal story books.
He also became known from his appearances on the Channel 4 television archaeology series Time Team, on which he visualised how sites under excavation may have once looked.
Victor was Elected as a Member of The Pastel Society (P.S. 1993)
Vice President of The Pastel Society 1995–98 (PPVPS)
2004–2007 Elected the Vice President of the Pastel Society
He was an Associate of the Royal College of Art and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers. He was also a patron of the Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors up until its merger with the Institute for Archaeologists in 2011.
Victor died on 10 February 2021, at the age of 85.
Images below show just a very small selection of Victor's work
