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Derrick Greaves
Bouquet Red-Black on White, Oil on Canvas Painting by Derrick Greaves, 1960

1960

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Bouquet Red-Black on White, Oil on Canvas Painting by Derrick Greaves, 1960 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas 71 x 95.5 cm 28 x 37 5/8 in Signed and dated 'derrick Greaves 60'; itled and further dated 'BOUQUET RED-BLACK ON WHITE/59/60' verso Painter of figure subjects, landscapes and still life. Born 5 June 1927 in Sheffield. He was apprenticed for five years to a sign-writer and also attended evening classes. Greaves won a Scholarship to the R.C.A. where he studied from 1948-52; he then won a travelling Scholarship to Italy 1952-3 where he met Guttuso and other Italian Realists. His first one-man exhibition was held at the Beaux Arts Gallery 1953. His work was shown with that of Jack Smith, Bratby and Middleditch in the British Pavilion, Venice Biennale in 1956. Greaves visited the Soviet Union in 1957 and participated with seven other English artists in the exhibition Looking at People in the Pushkin Museum, Moscow. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Painting at Moscow Youth Festival, and a special prize in the John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 1957. Has taught painting at the St Martin's School of Art since 1955.
  • Creator:
    Derrick Greaves (1927, British)
  • Creation Year:
    1960
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 37.625 in (95.57 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Kingsclere, GB
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2718214573992

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