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Edward Burra Biography
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1905 |
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Born March 29 in South Kensington, London (UK)
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1921 - 1923 |
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Studied at Chelsea School of Art
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1923 - 1924 |
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Studied at the R.C.A.
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1929 |
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First one-man exhibition at the Leicester Galleries
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1931 |
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Made designs for the Camargo Society's ballet Rio Grande
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1936 - 1938 |
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exhibited with the English Surrealists
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1963 |
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Made designs for several Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden productions. A.R.A.
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1976 |
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Died October 22 in Hastings, England (UK)
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring - Camden Arts Centre, London (England)
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2007
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Modern Britain 1900-1960 - NGV National Gallery of Victoria International, Melbourne, VIC
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2007
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Modern British watercolours and drawings - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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2005
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A Selection of Modern British, European and American Paintings - Crane Kalman Gallery, London (England)
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2005
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Works on Paper - From Turner to Freud - Lefevre Fine Art Limited, London (England)
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2005
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A Centenary Exhibition - Edward Burra 1905-1976 - Lefevre Fine Art Limited, London (England) (solo)
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2005
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Edward Burra - Real and Surreal - James Hyman Fine Art, London (England) (solo)
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2004
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Edward Burra - Connaught Brown, London (England) (solo)
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2003
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MAKING WAVES: MASTERPIECES OF MODERN BRITISH ART - Ben Uri Gallery, London (England)
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2001
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Drawing Distinctions - Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (England)
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1999
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'45-'99 - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England)
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1988
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British art of the 20C - Richard Nagy, London (England)
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PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex (England)
Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds (England)
Tate Britain, London (England)
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester (England)
SCAG - Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England)
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