George Foster obituary

My father, George Foster, who has died aged 64 from cirrhosis of the liver, was an artist and teacher who built assemblages – works that merge sculpture with painting.Born in Liverpool, George was the eldest of five children. His mother, Dolores (nee Walton), was a priest’s housekeeper from Ireland, and his father, also George, was an antiques dealer. After attending St Mary’s college in Crosby, in the late 1960s George attended Southport art school; among his contemporaries th