Adrian Heath
Untitled Composition, c. 1960
Biography |
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| 1920 | Born in Burma |
| 1925 | Moved to England |
| Enrolled at Slade School of Art | |
| Imprisoned in Stalag 383 during World War II | |
| Returned to Slade School of Art | |
| Moved to France, then back to England | |
| Joined the London Group | |
| 1953 | Published 'Abstract Art, its Origins and Meaning', and had his first solo show at the Redfern Gallery, London |
| 1954-64 | Chairman of the Artists' International Association |
| 1962 | Included in 'British Art Today', organised by the British Council |
| 1964-67 | Served on the board of the Arts Council of Great Britain |
| 1983 | Included in 'British Drawing', at the Hayward Gallery |
| 1992 | Died |
Selected solo exhibitions |
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| 1948 | Musée des Beaux Arts, Carcassonne |
| 1953 | Redfern Gallery, London (also 1966, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1989) |
| 1959 | Hanover Gallery, London (also 1960, 1962) |
| 1961 | Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund |
| 1967 | Galerie Mickery, Loenersloot, Amsterdam |
| 1968 | Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford |
| 1970 | Park Square Gallery, Leeds |
| 1971-72 | City Art Gallery, Bristol (retrospective) |
| 1973 | Redfern Gallery, London |
| 1975 | Camden Arts Centre, London (retrospective) |
| 1976 | Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge |
| 1978 | Penwith Galleries, St. Ives |
| 1979 | Oriel Gallery, Welsh Arts Council, Cardiff |
| 1981 | Pallant House Gallery, Chichester (retrospective) |
| 1983-84 | British Council Touring Exhibition, Stavanger Kunstförening, Stavanger, Norway |
| 1986 | Billedgalleri, Bergen, Norway |
| 1989 | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London |
| 1991 | Vera Van Laer Gallery, Knokke, Belgium |
| 1995 | Clare Hall Gallery, Cambridge |
| 2005 | Jonathan Clark Fine Art, London (also 2007) |
Selected group exhibitions |
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| 1951 | AIA Gallery, London 'Abstract Paintings, Sculptures, Mobiles' |
| 1952 | AIA, New Burlington Galleries, London 'The Mirror and the Square' |
| Gimpel Fils, London 'British Abstract Art' | |
| Paris 'Salon des Réalités Nouvelle' (also 1956) | |
| 1953 | Redfern Gallery, London 'Coronation Exhibition' |
| 1954 | I.C.A., London 'Collages and Objects' |
| 1956 | Whitechapel Art Gallery, London 'This is Tomorrow' |
| Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester 'Recent Abstract Painting' | |
| 1957 | Redfern Gallery, London 'Metavisual, Tachiste, Abstract' |
| 1959 | Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 'John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 2' |
| 1962 | Portugal '20th Century British Art' (Arts Council Exhibition) |
| 1963 | Contemporary Art Society, Tate Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, London 'British Painting in the Sixties' |
| 1964 | Tate Gallery, London 'London Group 1914-64' |
| 1965 | Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol 'Impressions on Paper' |
| 1967 | Tate Gallery, London |
| 1969 | Camden Arts Centre, London 'The English Landscape Tradition in the 20th Century' |
| 1972 | British Council, Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen 'Britisk Maleri 1945-1970' |
| 1974 | Hayward Gallery, London 'British Painting '74' |
| 1977 | Royal Academy, London 'British Painting 1952-1977' |
| 1978 | Royal West of England Academy, Bristol '56 Group Wales' |
| 1980 | Oriel Gallery, Cardiff 'The Probity of Art' |
| 1981 | Camden Arts Centre, London 'Contemporary Artists in Camden' |
| 1982 | Hayward Gallery, London 'British Drawing' |
| 1985 | Serpentine Gallery, London 'Recalling the 'Fifties' |
| Tate Gallery, London 'St Ives 1939-1964' | |
| 1989 | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London 'Painting the Visible World' |
| 1990 | British Museum, London 'Avant-garde British Printmaking 1914-1960' |
| 1992 | Redfern Gallery, London 'An Exhibition of Figures in Landscapes and Interiors' |
| 'The Non-objective World' (Arts Council touring exhibition) | |
| 1998 | British Council, London 'The Fifties: Art From the British Council Collection' |
| 2003 | Tate, St. Ives 'Artists on Artists - Selection by Terry Frost' |
Collections |
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| Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London | |
| Arts Council of Northern Ireland | |
| Billedgalleri, Bergen | |
| Bristol Museum & Art Gallery | |
| British Council Collection, London | |
| British Museum, London | |
| Brooklyn Museum, New York | |
| Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, London | |
| Goteborgs Kunstmuseum, Goteborg | |
| Hirschholm Museum, Washington D.C. | |
| Jerwood Collection | |
| Leicester Museums | |
| Museum am Ostwald, Dortmund | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
| Museums Sheffield | |
| National Galleries of Scotland | |
| National Museum Wales | |
| National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| Pallant House Gallery, Chichester | |
| Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, University of East Anglia | |
| Southampton City Art Gallery | |
| Tate | |
| Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne | |
| Victoria & Albert Museum, London | |
| Victoria Gallery, Bath | |
| Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester | |
