Geoffrey Key (born 13 May 1941 in Rusholme, Manchester, England) is a British painter and sculptor. A number of public art collections have examples of his work.[1]
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Key's mother, Marion, worked as an illustrator, and encouraged him to draw.[2]: 3–4 [3]
Key was educated at the Manchester High School of Art, whose headmaster, Ernest Goodman, established the Salford Art Club. After Goodman's death, its members chose Key as the Honorary President.[4]
In 1958, Key enrolled at the Manchester Regional College of Art.[2]: 11 At the college, Key was tutored by sculptor Ted Roocroft and painter Harry Rutherford.
After gaining the National Diploma of Design and the Diploma of Associateship of Manchester, the latter with distinction, Key took up a postgraduate scholarship in sculpture. His academic awards include the Heywood Medal in Fine Art and the Guthrie Bond Travelling Scholarship.[2]