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| GERALD
CAINS RWA |
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| Date
of Birth: 11 May, 1932 |
| Place:
Hampshire |
| Profession:
Painter |
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| Gerald
Cains was trained at the Southern College of Art in Portsmouth, attaining
the National Diploma in 1953, later continuing to attain an Art Teachers
Diploma in 1957 and an Advanced Diploma in Art Education in 1976. He was
elected ARWA in 1970, and RWA in 1978. |
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| Throughout
his career Gerald Cains has been selected for numerous mixed and one-man
exhibitions, he was a finalist in the 'Hunting Award to British Artists'
and has regularly exhibited at the RWA since 1969. Touring exhibitions in
which he has been represented include the Arts Council of Great Britain
and The Art Federation Bureaux, London. His work is also represented in
collections throughout Britain, including Walsall Art Gallery, the Royal
West of England Academy, Lancashire Museum Art Service and the Wessex Collection
at Longleat House. |
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| The dictionary
of Art in Britain since 1945 by David Buckman describes Gerald Cains as
'Cains was early influenced by the Social Realism of Camden Town and
London Group painters, and was notable for subdued colour townscapes.' |
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