{"id":3357,"date":"2013-02-01T00:11:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T00:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/?p=3357"},"modified":"2013-04-25T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T10:29:04","slug":"remembering-fermin-rocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/index.php\/archive\/blog\/remembering-fermin-rocker\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Fermin Rocker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 20 years ago I lived in a block of 15 mansion flats in Tufnell Park, north London. One of my neighbours on the top floor\u00a0was a lovely man with the unforgettable name of Fermin Rocker.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-002.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3362\" alt=\"Fermin Rocker 002\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-002-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A professional artist of some repute, Fermin was already in his early 90s when we met. He used to keep his hand in by painting friends and neighbours, which is how I come to have two portraits of myself by Fermin on my wall today. My pal <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertomanzotti.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roberto Manzotti<\/a> took these photos of Fermin and I.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3363\" alt=\"Fermin Rocker 001\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001-300x203.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001-255x173.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001-420x284.jpg 420w, https:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001-840x568.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-001.jpg 1454w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Born in 1907, Fermin lived until 2004. He was often referred to as the son of Rudolf Rocker, a famous anarchist, but I prefer to think of him as his own person, a charming, gentle and amusing man who created charming, gentle and (sometimes) amusing works of art. His paintings of me are not his best works, but I feel honoured to have been even one of his practice subjects.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-portrait-grey-e1359675589878.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3359\" alt=\"Fermin Rocker portrait (grey)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-portrait-grey-e1359675589878-229x300.jpg\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-portrait-yellow-e1359675520244.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3361\" alt=\"Fermin Rocker portrait (yellow)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ericmusgrave.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fermin-Rocker-portrait-yellow-e1359675520244-247x300.jpg\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fermin&#8217;s work can be viewed at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ferminrocker.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.<b>ferminrocker<\/b>.org<\/a>. His obituary from <em>The Guardian<\/em> is at\u00a0http:\/\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/news\/2004\/oct\/26\/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries\" target=\"_blank\">www.guardian.co.uk\/news\/2004\/oct\/26\/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 20 years ago I lived in a block of 15 mansion flats in Tufnell Park, north London. One of my neighbours on the top floor\u00a0was a lovely man with the unforgettable name of Fermin Rocker. A professional artist of some repute, Fermin was already in his early 90s when we met. 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