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Derrick Greaves Paintings

British, b. 1927

Derrick Greaves is one of the most eminent British painters of the last half century. Greaves initially gained acclaim in the 1950s, when he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale along with the other Kitchen-Sink painters with whom he was associated with John Bratby, Edward Middleditch and Jack Smith. His work has developed from the social realism of the 1950s to a more heraldic style that paralleled 1960s Pop Art, from an imagery based on nature and observable fact to more studio-bound imaginative constructs.

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Artist: Derrick Greaves
Bouquet Red-Black on White, Oil on Canvas Painting by Derrick Greaves, 1960
By Derrick Greaves
Located in Kingsclere, GB
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 Greav...
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20th Century Derrick Greaves Paintings

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