Arnold van Praag
Storm over Toledo (after El Greco), 2009
Biography |
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| 1926 | Born in England |
| 1953-57 | Studied at Slade School of Art, where he received a scholarship |
| 1957-70 | Lecturer in Painting at Hertfordshire College of Art and Design |
| 1970-75 | Head of Painting at Hertfordshire College of Art and Design |
| 1975-91 | Visiting Tutor in Painting at Camberwell School of Art |
| 1991-2020 | Lived and worked in Cambridge |
Selected solo exhibitions |
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| 1963 | Institute of Contemporary Arts, London 'Drawings' |
| 1964 | Roland, Browse & Deblanco 'The Face of Lautrec' |
| 1965-67 | Roland, Browse & Deblanco |
| 1966 | Roland, Browse & Deblanco (with Edward Middleditch) |
| 1969 | Roland, Browse & Deblanco (with Bernard Dunstan, RA) |
| 1969-71 | Galerie D’Eendt, Amsterdam |
| 1973 | Magdalene Street Gallery, Cambridge |
| 1974 | Oxford Gallery, Oxford |
| 1976 | Harlow Playhouse Gallery |
| 1977 | Arts Centre, Folkstone (with John Bratby) |
| Campbell and Franks, London (with Edward Middleditch and Zdzislaw Ruszkowski) | |
| 1980 | Newcastle Polytechnic Gallery, Newcastle |
| Moira Kelly Gallery, London | |
| 1981 | Small Works, Newcastle Polytechnic |
| 1982 | Newcastle Polytechnic Art Gallery, Newcastle |
| 1984 | Royal Overseas League, London |
| 1986 | South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell and tour |
| 1990 | Ganz & Co. Ltd., Cambridge |
| 1991 | Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London |
| 1994-2000 | Art Space Gallery/Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, London |
| 2005 | James Hyman Fine Art, London 'From London' |
| 2007 | James Hyman Fine Art, London 'People' |
Selected group exhibitions |
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| 1961 | Arts Council, London, 'The Senefelder Group' |
| 1966 | Arts Council, Municipal Art Gallery, Dublin & Belfast City Museum, 'Open Painting Exhibition' |
| 1967 | Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 'The Face of Man' |
| 1971 | Arts Council Touring Exhibition, 'Art Spectrum' |
| 1974 | Birmingham City Art Gallery/Camden Art Centre, London, 'Forty Pictures from the Roland Collection' |
| 1978 | Camden Art Centre, London, 'Notices by Dick Lee' |
| 1980/1 | Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol (and tour), 'The Subjective Eye' |
| 1982 | Kettles Yard, Cambridge/Newcastle Polytechnic/Stoke Museum, 'East Anglian Artists' |
| 1986 | Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 'Small Paintings' |
| Gainsborough House, Sudbury (and tour), 'Drawing for All' - First Prize | |
| 1988 | Boundary Gallery, London, 'Master and Pupil' |
| 1988/9 | Smith’s Gallery, London, 'Contemporary Arts Society' |
| 1992-2001 | Redfern Gallery, London, 'Summer Exhibition' |
| 1995 | Ipswich, 'Ipswich Open' |
| 1997 | Boundary Gallery, London |
| King’s Lynn, 'East Anglian Open' - First Prize | |
| 2000 | Scolar Fine Art, London, 'Blake’s Heaven' |
| 2005 | The Drawing Gallery, London, 'A Private Collector’s Choice' |
Collections |
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| Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London | |
| Ben Uri Gallery & Museum, London | |
| Courtauld Institute (Lillian Browse Collection) | |
| de Beers (Contemporary Art Society Purchase) | |
| Hertfordshire County Council | |
| Keele University Art Collection | |
| Peter Stuyvesant Foundation | |
| Manchester Art Gallery | |
