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Biography |
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Prolific painter and poet, Durrant was born on 4th October 1925 and raised in Lavenham, Suffolk. He began drawing aged 5 and exhibited his first painting in Bury St. Edmunds at the age of 12. From 1948 to 1952 he studied at the Camberwell School of Art, then in it’s post war hey-day. |
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Durrant had his first one-man show at the Guildhall, Lavenham in the late 1940's, and continued to exhibit regularly at the Royal Academy, Beaux Arts, Loggia Gallery and Belgrave Gallery, London annually throughout his life, including over 38 one-man shows. He was a fellow of the 'Free Painters & Sculptors Society', and a member of the ‘New English Art Club’. |
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He lived in Chelsea during the 1950's, where he met and married, before moving to Cambridge. He continued to develop his early figurative style, abstracting and simplifying, drawing on a strong natural sense of design and draughtsmanship to push the boundaries of his paintings. |
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Durrant's work is held in many private and public collections, including The Imperial War Museum, Bradford City Art Gallery and Bailliol College, Oxford. He exhibited widely during his lifetime in many solo and group shows, including the annual Royal Academy exhibition - below is a selection of one-man shows. |
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Exhibitions |
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Modern British Artists, London (solo) |
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1991 |
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The Belgrave Gallery, London (solo) |
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1988 |
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Gallery of British Art, Lausanne (solo) |
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1984 |
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Loggia Gallery, London (solo) |
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1981 |
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Loggia Gallery, London (solo) |
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1980 |
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Old Fire Engine House, Ely (solo) |
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1977 |
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University of Cambridge, Cambridge (solo) |
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1976 |
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Deben Gallery, Woodbridge (solo) |
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1976 |
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Caius College, Cambridge (solo) |
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1975 |
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Cambridge Arts & Leisure Association (solo) |
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1975 |
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Loggia Gallery, London (solo) |
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1974 |
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Old Fire Engine House, Ely (solo) |
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1974 |
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Halesworth Gallery, Suffolk (with Mary Fedden) |
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1974 |
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Cambridge Art & Design Gallery (solo) |
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1973 |
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The Manor Gallery, Royston (solo) |
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1973 |
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Loggia Gallery, London (solo) |
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1972 |
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St John's Wood Public Library (solo) |
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1972 |
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Old Fire Engine House, Ely (solo) |
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1969 |
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University of Cambridge, Cambridge (solo) |
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1969 |
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A.I.A. Gallery, London (solo) |
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1961 |
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Gainsborough's House, Sudbury (solo) |
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1960 |
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New Gallery, Ipswich (solo) |
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1960 |
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Phoenix Gallery, Lavenham (with Roland Suddaby & Aubrey Blake) |
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1960 |
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New Vision Centre Gallery, London (solo) |
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1959 |
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Grabowski Gallery, London (solo) |
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1958 |
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Foyer Gallery, Everyman Cinema, Hampstead (solo) |
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1957 |
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New Vision Centre Gallery (solo) |
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1957 |
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A.I.A. Gallery, London (solo) |
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1954 |
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County Cinema, Sudbury (solo) |
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1954 |
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Roland, Browse & Delbanco (solo) |
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1953 |
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Parsons Gallery, Grosvenor Street, London (solo) |
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1953 |
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A.I.A. Gallery, London (solo) |
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1953 |
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Foyer Gallery, Everyman Cinema, Hampstead (solo) |
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1952 |
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The Coffee House, Trafalgar Square, London (solo) |
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1951 |
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Kensington Art Gallery, London (solo) |
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1951 |
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Playhouse Theatre, Kidderminster (solo) |
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1950 |
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Beaux Art Gallery, London (solo) |
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1949 |
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Cromwell Gallery, London (solo) |
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1948 |
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Guildhall, Lavenham (solo) |
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Selected Collections |
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The Tate Gallery Collection |
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Imperial War Museum |
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R.A.F. Museum at Hendon |
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Bradford City Art Gallery |
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Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield |
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Usher Gallery in Lincoln |
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Southampton Art Gallery |
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Carlisle Museum & Art Gallery |
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Gloucester Museum & Art Gallery |
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Castle Museum in Norwich |
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Luton Museum & Art Gallery |
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Hove Museum of Art |
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Worthing Art Gallery |
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Beechcroft Art Gallery |
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Pembroke College in Oxford |
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Trinity College in Cambridge |
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Balliol College in Oxford |
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Leeds University |
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Holywell Manor in Oxford |
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Grenville College in Stoke |
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Kettles Yard in Cambridge |
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Bertrand Russell Foundation |
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Linton Village College |
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Bury St Edmunds Council |
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Art Gallery of Western Australia |
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University of Massachusetts, USA |
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Gallery of Modern Art in Rio de Janerio |
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Air Force Museum in Louisiana, USA |
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