March 12, 1937 – November 2, 2020
Hallam was born in Chesterfield, north east Derbyshire, where he sold his first painting, a watercolour of the Lake District, at an open-air market aged thirteen. He attended Chesterfield Art College for two years, going on to win a six-year scholarship to London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts. After studying under British masters Leslie Cole, Patrick Heron and Hans Tisdale, Hallam graduated with the National Diploma in Painting in 1957. He then spent two years in the British Army in Hong Kong and Malaya, where he was attached to the Black Watch and the Gurkha Brigade. In 1961 he returned to London, working in advertising as a draftsman and designer. In 1964, Hallam headed for the south of France to paint full-time.
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