Born into a working-class family, Perry was four years old when his father, Tom, left home after discovering his mother, Jean was having an affair with a milkman, whom she later married and who Perry has claimed was violent.

1 day ago · Grayson Perry was born on March 24th, 1960, making him 63 years old in 2024. He hails from Chelmsford, Essex, where he spent his early years in a working-class household that would later influence ...

Jan 11, 2025 · Grayson Perry (born March 24, 1960, Chelmsford, Essex, England) is a British potter who embedded in his work images of violence and other disturbing social issues. Perry was born into a working-class family, and his interest in ceramics was kindled during childhood.

Nov 22, 2024 · Grayson Perry is married to the writer, journalist, and psychotherapist Phillippa Perry. The couple met at a creative writing class in 1987, and Phillippa Perry has said, “I think what attracted me to him then is what still does – he has a different way of looking at the world, a very original mind.”

Feb 17, 2022 · In terms of matters of the heart, Grayson is married to the well known psychotherapist Philippa Perry who he met at a creative writing class in 1987. Opening up to the Times about their relationship, Philippa said: “We do have our differences!

Perry grew up in suburban Essex and sought refuge from a troubled childhood in an imaginary world ruled over by his teddy bear, Alan Measles. At Portsmouth Polytechnic and later, living in a London squat, he was part of a post-Punk group of artists, musicians and film-makers, particularly the Neo Naturists, a per-

Dec 10, 2020 · When I was four, my dad left because my mother had an affair with the milkman. I remember my dad's bike leaning against the wall of our council house. This is a photograph of my father Tom taken in the early 1950s. He sits on a motorcycle he …

Grayson Perry’s father left the family when his son was four years old. After a while another man moved in and became Perry’s step-father. But Perry had a problematic relationship with him. For Perry, the step-father represented one type of masculinity, the teddy bear another.

Mar 21, 2014 · In an attempt to escape his difficult family situation, he would often retreat to his father's shed where he would engage in a fantasy world with his teddy bear, Alan Measles, whom he has described as: "surrogate father, rebel leader, fighter, pilot and undefeated racing driver."

Aug 12, 2023 · His troubled family background (Perry fled his bullying stepfather, but was turfed out by his real father when he was found aged 15 putting on women’s clothes) isn’t an affectation.