Graham Ovenden
English painter, photographer and writer (1943–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Graham Stuart Ovenden (11 February 1943 – 9 December 2022) was an English painter, fine art photographer and writer.
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Born | Graham Stuart Ovenden (1943-02-11)11 February 1943 Alresford, Hampshire, England |
Died | 9 December 2022(2022-12-09) (aged 79) |
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Some of Ovenden's art has been investigated as possible child pornography by American and British authorities, and in 2009 he was prosecuted in the UK on a charge of creating indecent images, but he was not convicted. In 2013, Ovenden was found guilty of six charges of indecency with a child and one charge of indecent assault against a child, and on 9 October 2013 he was jailed for two years and three months by the Court of Appeal. Following his conviction, some galleries removed images of his work from display. In 2015, a judge ordered that Ovenden's personal collection of paintings and photographs be destroyed.