This extraordinary experience, would to my mind, have fixed the future direction of his life as a painter. In 1921, he became a teacher at Goldsmith's College School of Art, and began his effort to pull it out by its academic roots. Graham Sutherland, a student who joined the art school the same year, told me he didn't hear a word about the Impressionists, and that on the subject of the European Modern Movement there was a profound silence . Sailing Boat, oil on canvas. The Gallery has up to five exhibitions a year, which explore historical and contemporary themes.
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