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Whitford Fine Art

London

Frank Avray Wilson

(British, 1914–2009)

faw786 - thrusting reds by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

FAW786 - Thrusting Reds, 1959

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eruption by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

Eruption

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faw778 - meeting by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

FAW778 - Meeting, 1960

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faw801 - presence by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

FAW801 - Presence, 1955

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faw808 - abstract in red by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

FAW808 - Abstract in Red, 1961

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stellar formation by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

Stellar Formation, 1958

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configuration in green and red by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

Configuration in Green and Red, 1959

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need by frank avray wilson

Frank Avray Wilson

Need, ca. 1960

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Biography

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

Exhibitions

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)

Public Collections

Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton, UK
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
Toledo Art Gallery, Ohio, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
British Museum, London
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
Cleveland Museum of Modern Art, Ohio, USA
Durham University, Durham, UK
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

Literature

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
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