Frank Avray Wilson (British, 1914–2009)

Timeline

1914: Born in Mauritius
1935: Graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Biology
1946: Moved to Paris and then went back to London
1950–1955: Met or exhibited with such leading figures as Hans Hartung, Alfred Manessier and Georges
1956: Helped form the New Vision Centre Gallery, which became a showcase for Modern and Abstract work

2016: Frank Avray Wilson: Thinking About Painting, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
2011: Frank Avray Wilson: The Vital Years, Paisnel Gallery, London (solo)
2003: Frank Avray Wilson: Early Works, Whitford Fine Art, London (solo)
2002: Frank Avray Wilson, Paintings, Gouaches and Prints, The Redfern Gallery, London (solo)
1995: Frank Avray Wilson: Recent Paintings and Work from the 50s to the 80s, The Redfern Gallery, London (solo)
1986: Frank Avray Wilson: Recent Work and Some Early Paintings, Warwick Arts Trust, London (solo)
1961: Avray Wilson: Recent Gouaches, The Redfern Gallery, London; Avray Wilson: Recent Paintings, The Redfern Gallery, London; Avray Wilson, Galerie Fricker, Paris (solo)
1960: New Paintings by Avray Wilson, The Redfern Gallery, London (solo)
1958: Frank Avray Wilson: Paintings, The Redfern Gallery, London; Frank Avray Wilson, Galerie Craven, Paris (solo)
1957: Paintings by Avray Wilson, The Redfern Gallery, London; Avray Wilson, Galerie Helios Art, Brussels (solo)
1956: Galerie Internationale, Paris (solo)
1955: Frank Avray Wilson: Recent Paintings, AIA Gallery, London; L’Institut français, London (solo)
1954: Obelisk Gallery, London (solo)
1950: King Haakon Fund, Mauritius (solo)
1944: King Haakon Fund, Mauritius (solo)

: FERMON, An Jo. Frank Avray Wilson: British Tachist. Artmedia Press Ltd, Whitford Fine Art, London, 2016.
: Poems of Hope and Despair. Port Louis, Mauritius, 1949
: Art into Life. An Interpretation of Contemporary Trends in Painting. Centaur Press, London, 1958
: Art as Understanding. A Painter’s Account of the Last Revolution in Art and its Bearing on • Human Existence as a Whole. Foreword by Herbert READ, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, (1963)
: Alchemy as a Way of Life. C.W. Daniel Company Ltd., London, 1976
: Nature Regained. An Examination of the Meaning of Nature and of the Human Role in the Creation. Branden Press, Boston, 1976
: Crystal and Cosmos. Foreword by Gordon Rattray TAYLOR, Coventure Ltd., London, 1977
: Art as Revelation. The Role of Art in Human Existence. Centaur Press, Frontwell, Sussex, 1981
: The Work of Creation. Cosmos, Consciousness and the New Sciences. Coventure Ltd., London, 1985 Seeing is Believing. Book Guild Publishing, Sussex, 1995