Drian Galleries (6 results)

Paper. Condition: Good. 8 pp good copy paper exhibition catalog, lists 41 works with sizes and dates. No illustrations.

Paper. Condition: Good. Good copy paper ex. cat, 8 B/W illustrations, 2 tipped in 4/C illustrations, 1 pp biographical notes, lists 90 works.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 8 pages; Clean and secure in original black wrappers. Essay by Charles Spencer. Catalogue listing of 31 paintings and 6 drawings in the exhibitions. One colour, two b&w illustrations. OCLC 920726962 Gerald Marks was born in London. Studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in 1938-41, then 1946-48 after war service. From 1948-61 was a visting lecturer at Camberwell, at Morley College, Heatherley's School, South East Essex Technical College School of Art and for Workers' Educational Association. Was from 1962-86 on staff of Croydon College's fine art department, from 1985-87 a visiting tutor at Stourbridge School of Art. His work was included in a number of group exhibitions from the late 1930s, including London Group, Redfern, Piccadilly and Leicester Galleries and Warwick Arts Trust. Held solo shows at Drian Gallery in 1962, Faroe Road Studios in 1988 and William Jackson Gallery in 1991. Gained an Arts Council Major Purchase Award in 1980, Arts Council and Warwick Arts Trust hold his work. Drian Galleries: A single-minded woman who forged swathes through the London art scene, Halima Nalecz worked for over 40 years jump-starting important careers. Born in Dukszty in Lithuania, she fled through war-torn Europe living variously in Moscow, Odessa, Turkey, Palestine, Lebanon before settling in London in 1947. She trained as an artist in both London and Paris and her work evolved from non-figurative to figurative, in a style instantly recognisable and clearly pointing to her East European roots. In 1956 along with fellow artists Denis Bowen and Frank Avray Wilson, she opened the New Vision Centre near London's Marble Arch. It was specifically aimed at artists who were deemed unworthy stylistically of exhibiting their work in the prestigious Bond Street galleries and its environs. A year later Nalecz opened the Drian Galleries, located in Porchester Place, Bayswater thus continuing the New Vision philosophy. She gave the first big exhibitions in England to John Bellany, William Crozier, Michael Sandle, Yaacov Agam, Douglas Portway and many more emerging artists of the period. The gallery closed c.1990 although Halina Nalecz continued to paint and lived until 2008.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Single folding sheet. Exhibition invitation to private view. A little edge wear. A very pleasing copy. (bs59).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Colour illustrated stapled wraps/paperback. pp 4 (unpaginated). With 2 colour plates tipped in. Exhibition catalogue. Very good.

Unpaginiert Über A5, 12 Fototafeln der Werke, englischer Text. Blatt der Galerie mit Farbmotiv dieser Ausstellung liegt bei! Etwas nachgebräunt, gut.