Nasceu em Londres, onde reside e trabalha. 1945-48: Serviço militar com a Jewish Brigade e Royal Fusiliers em França, Bélgica, Holanda e Alemanha. 1949-53: St. Martin's School of Art, Londres. Frequenta aulas nocturnas, Borough Polytechnic, Londres, sob orientação de David Bomberg. 1953-56: Royal College of Art, Londres. 1957: Primeira exposição individual, Beaux Arts Gallery, Londres. 1962: Junta-se ao London Group. 1963: British Painting in the 60s, Tate. 1966-69: Lecciona na St. Martin's School of Art, Londres. 1968: Marlborough Fine Art, Londres. 1972: Whitechapel. 1977: British Painting 1952-1977, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres. 1981: MoMA, Oxford. 1982: Louver Gallery, Los Angeles. 1984: The Hard Won Image, Tate. 1987: School of London, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; British Art in the 20th Century, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres. 1988: Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Londres; Robert Miller Gallery, Nova Iorque. 1995: Representa Inglaterra na Bienalle di Venezia. Kunstverein Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf. From London, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edimburgo (circula pelo Luxemburgo, Lausanne, Barcelona). 1996: Stedelijk, Amsterdão.
