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Geoffrey Tibble was born in Reading and studied at the Slade School of Fine Arts under Henry Tonks where fellow students included William Coldstream, Townsend, Bellingham-Smith and Rodrigo Moynihan.
Tibble was a significant figure in the short-lived Objective Abstraction movement and exhibited works at the Exhibition of Objective Abstractions at the Zwemmer Gallery, London.
After briefly experimenting with Surrealism by 1937 he had returned to figurative painting moving towards The Euston Road School of urban realism founded by William Coldstream.
In 1944 he became a member of the New English Art Club and exhibited with the London Group after his service with the RAF during WW2.
Tibble had his first solo exhibition at Tooth’s Gallery in 1946, showing 25 paintings.
These were critically acclaimed for their “remarkable assurance, certainty of aim and economy of means” and their resemblance to the work of Degas.
He subsequently exhibited at leading London galleries, including the Leicester and Lefevre galleries.
Tibble died on 15 December 1952, aged 43.
A retrospective exhibition was shown at Manchester City Art Gallery in 1958 and in 2002 his work was shown at Jonathan Clark, London.
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