Biography
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1911
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Born in Northwood, Middlesex
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1929-31
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Studied at the Slade School of Art
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Studied at Academia Ranson and Atelier Colarossi, Paris
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1933
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Studied at the Academy Schools
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1935-51
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Exhibited with the London Group
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1937
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Moved to live and work in Paris
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Fought with the Commandos
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1942
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Became a POW
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1945
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Studied at the Central School of Art
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1950
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Visited Cornwall for the first time
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1954
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Included in the book 'Nine Abstract Artists'
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1954-56
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Taught at the Central School of Art
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1957
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Took a studio in Penwith, Cornwall
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1958
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Retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
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1963
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Won First Prize at the John Moores Exhibition
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1964
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Represented Britain at the Venice Biennale
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1965
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Moved permanently to Cornwall
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1968
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Awarded a CBE
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1972
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First works with poster paint
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1975
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Died after a long illness
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1936
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Bloomsbury Gallery, London
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1952
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Gimpel Fils, London
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1958
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Insitute of Contemporary Arts, London
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1961
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Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich
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1963
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Waddington Galleries, London
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1966
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Waddington Galleries, London
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1971
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Waddington Galleries, London
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1974
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Serpentine Gallery, London
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1977
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Waddington Galleries, London
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1981
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Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
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1985
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1989
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1993
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Hayward Gallery, London
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1997
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Tate Gallery, St. Ives
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2001
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Belgrave Gallery, London
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2007
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Jonathan Clark & Co., London
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2011
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Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance
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Selected group exhibitions
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1933
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Wertheim Gallery, London
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1935
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New Burlington Galleries, London
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1948
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Academy Hall, London
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1952
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Tate Gallery, London
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1955
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1957
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Redfern Gallery, London
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1960
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The Hermitage, Leningrad
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1962
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
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1968
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Waddington Galleries, London
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1974
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Hayward Gallery, London
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1979
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Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
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1984
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Artcurial, Paris
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1989
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Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
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1992
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Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
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1998
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Royal Academy, London
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2002
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Barbican Centre, London
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2005
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City Art Gallery, Southampton
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Collections
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Arts Council Collection, London
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British Council Collection
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British Museum
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Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
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Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
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Government Art Collection
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National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
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National Portrait Gallery
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Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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Tate Gallery, London
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Victoria & Albert Museum
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Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven
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