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ALBERT REUSS [1889-1975]
1935
1949
1957
1965
1967
1956
Reuss was born in Austria and came to the UK in 1938, settling in the St. Ives area in the 1940s. He was represented by the O'Hana Gallery [a big international gallery based in London] throughout the 1950s/60s/70s where many one-man exhibitions of his paintings were held.

Museum collections include Newlyn Art Gallery [large collection], V&A, British Museum, Fitzwilliam, Birmingham, etc.

A new book 'Albert Reuss.', by Susan Soyinka was published in 2017 by Sansom - some of the above paintings are illustrated.
        KIT BARKER [1916-88]

Oil paintings from the 1950s/60s
Kit Barker was a very successful painter during his lifetime and was sometimes associated with the St Ives School as he lived in Cornwall in the 1940s.

His cv is very impressive - one-man exhibitions:

Hanover Gallery - 1957;
Waddington Galleries - 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967;
Arthur Tooth - 1970, 1972;
New Arts Centre - 1981.

Public collections include: Arts Council, Contemporary Arts Society, Pallant House, etc.   
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