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 Trained at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, Evan Charlton
spent most of his working life in Wales, firstly as head of Cardiff
School of Art, and subsequently as Schools Inspector for Art in Wales
and England.
Although he painted throughout his career and became associated with
the British Surrealist movement, it was only after taking early
retirement in the 1960s that he painted full time. Even then, the
meticulous detail and extremely fine feathery brushwork of his mature
work meant that he completed only three or four paintings a year,
ensuring that the total number of his works is very small. Many of these
are already in public and private collections, including the National
Museum of Wales and the Tate Gallery, now Tate Britain, which acquired
one of his paintings in 1996. COLLECTIONS
Tate Britain
National Museum of Wales
Welsh Arts Council
Imperial War Museum
University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
National Library of Wales
Contemporary Art Society for Wales
Source: http://www.artwales.com/artists-detail-mtg-en.php?artistID=12
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