Artist Info
Nick Biddulph
Nicholas Biddulph (1926)
Co-founder of the Central Lettering Record with Nicolete Gray in 1963 with two main aims - to broaden understanding of letters as forms, and to better delineate the practice of lettering from that of typography. Biddulph studied fine art at the Slade School of Art after his army service. He spent a year in Rome working at the Vatican and various museums. It was here that he developed a special interest in Roman lettering which led to a career in advertising and design when he returned to England. After a period of lecturing at London university and various art and design colleges in England he was appointed to the Central school of Arts and Crafts. In addition to teaching, he travelled widely as a photographer, producing detailed studies of architectural lettering, and museum holdings of books, types and lette4ring, which entered the Record. Throughout his career he designed and produced numerous exhibitions and contributed articles to specialist journals. He retired in 1991.