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Beaux Arts Gallery
was a gallery at 1 Bruton Place,
London
, England. It was known as a preeminent center for promoting
avant-garde
art until its closure in 1965.
Founded and operated by portrait sculptor
Frederick Lessore
in 1923, the gallery was run by his wife
Helen Lessore
, a painter, until it closed following her death. Prominent exhibitions at the gallery included the first solo exhibition by
Christopher Wood
; one of the first exhibitions of
Barbara Hepworth
and her husband
John Skeaping
, the first solo exhibition of
Frank Auerbach
and
Leon Kossoff
.Solo exhibitions of
Reginald Fairfax Wells
sculpture and pottery.
Beaux Arts Gallery also became associated with the
Kitchen Sink School
(and later the
School of London
) and its prominent members;
John Bratby
,
Derrick Greaves
,
Edward Middleditch
and
Jack Smith
.
The Lessore's son,
John
(born 1939), an artist in his own right, exhibited at the gallery whilst it was open. He has subsequently been appointed a trustee of the
National Gallery
.
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