john bainbridge copnall was an english artist best known for his abstract expressionist painting of richly coloured stylised realism, often on a grand scale. he was also a teacher of painting for twenty years at the central school of art and design in london.john copnall was born in slinfold, a village near horsham in west sussex. his father was the eminent sculptor edward bainbridge copnall (1903–1970) whilst his mother muriel was an…