Eric Rimmington obituary

The end of the painting day for my husband, Eric Rimmington, who has died aged 98, was signalled by a descent from his first-floor studio to our ground-floor scullery.There he would wash his brushes with olive oil soap, which came in yellow blocks embossed with the word “Marseille” and which – like many objects he encountered in everyday life – might also serve their turn as subject in one of his paintings. Continue reading...