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Biography |
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1925 |
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One-man exhibition of prints and drawings at the Twenty-One Gallery |
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1920 - 1926 |
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Worked as a printmaker |
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1921 - 1926 |
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Spent a year as an apprentice engineering draughtsman before entering Goldsmith’s College in London, where he studied etching and engraving |
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1928 |
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One-man exhibition of prints and drawings at the Twenty-One Gallery |
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1926 - 1933 |
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Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers |
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1936 |
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Participated in the International Surrealist Exhibition in London |
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1930 - 1939 |
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Exhibited with the New English Art Club and the London Group |
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1926 - 1940 |
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Taught at the Chelsea School of Art (firstly engraving, later, composition and book illustration) |
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1951 |
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Designed a mural, The Origins of the Land, for the Festival of Britain |
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1951 |
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Retrospective exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts |
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1952 |
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Designed a huge tapestry, Christ the Redeemer Enthroned in Glory, for the high altar in the new Coventry Cathedral (it was installed in 1962) |
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1952 |
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Exhibited in the Venice Biennale |
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1952 |
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Retrospective exhibition at the Musée National de l’Art Moderne in Paris |
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1953 |
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Retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery |
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1954 |
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Portrait commission for Winston Churchill |
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1955 |
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Exhibited at the Sao Paolo Bienal |
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