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Biography
British painter. He studied at the Sheffield College of Art (1944-46), St Martin's School of Art (1948-50) and the Royal College of Art (1950-53). His first one-man show was in 1953 at the Beaux-Arts Gallery in London. His first paintings were of kitchens and children from 1952-53 and initially brought him fame, being called a "Kitchen-sink" painter. In 1956, he joined John Bratby, Edward Middledtich and Greaves at the British pavilion in the Venice Biennale. In the early 60s, he began to develop a more austere approach with a host of small forms which provide a dynamic "dancing look". The use of musical analogies combined with a dedication to the belief in a "written visual language that can deal with any experience or sensation", is replete with conceptual difficulties respecting notions of signal and expression.
Exhibitions
The Kitchen Sink Painters Galerie Michael Haas, Germany 25-03-1995 ~ 29-04-1995
The Kitchen Sink Painters Cleveland Gallery, United Kingdom 07-05-1994 ~ 25-06-1994
The Kitchen Sink and the Beaux Arts Gallery The Mayor Gallery, United Kingdom 16-11-1994 ~ 23-12-1994
The Kitchen Sink Painters The Mayor Gallery, United Kingdom 20-03-1991 ~ 26-03-1991
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
Erich Kahn - Forgotten Generation Jewish Survivor German Expressionist Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 05-05-2005 ~ 09-10-2005
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
The Kitchen Sink Painters, 1995 Published by Galerie Michael Haas
The Kitchen Sink Painters, 1991 Published by The Mayor Gallery
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