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Christopher Fiddes (born Northampton 13th November 1934) is an English artist, muralist, designer of stained glass and book illustrator.
Christopher John Ellis Fiddes studied art at Northampton Art school from 1950-54. He did National Service in the British Army in Hong Kong.He was head of Art at Northampton High School.His residence in the village of Cogenhoe from 1965 to 1976 is celebrated by a plaque on the house that he lived in.
In 1972 he travelled to Northern Ireland as an artist to create a record of the troubles. He was commissioned regularly by the author and publisher J L Carr to illustrate several of the small books of poetry that Carr published under the imprint of The Quince Tree Press. In 2002 he was a leader of the Movement for Classical Renewal in art. His work is in the collections of Northampton Museum and Art Gallery and Salford Museum and Art Gallery.