Biography
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1919
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Born
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1932
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Sent to England from Cannes to attend St George's School, Essex
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1944-5
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Married to Brenda Roberts
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1945
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Moved to London, then Cap d'Antibes, with Margaret Mellis and her son, Telfer Stokes
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1950
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Moved with Mellis back to Suffolk
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1955
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Paper collages entered into mixed exhibition at Roland, Browse and Deblanco, London
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1979
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Selected by William Packer for 'The First British Art Show', an Arts Council touring exhibition of the UK
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1983
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Solo exhibition of collages at the Hayward Gallery, London
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1986
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Posthumous retrospective at the Redfern Gallery, London
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Selected solo exhibitions
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1981
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Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
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1982
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MOMA, Oxford
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1983
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Hayward Gallery, London 'Francis Davison: Paper Collages'
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1986
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Francis Davison, 1919-1984: Retrospective'
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1988
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Francis Davison, 1919-1984, Works with Green'
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1996
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Aldeburgh Festival Exhibition, Peter Pears Gallery, Aldeburgh
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2003
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Austin/Desmond, London 'Francis Davison: Paintings and Collages, 1948-83'
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2006
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Austin/Desmond, London 'Francis Davison: Early Paintings, Late Collages'
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2007-08
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Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge 'Francis Davison: Collages and early works'
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2010
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Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham 'Francis Davison: 1919-1984'
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2012
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Austin/Desmond, London 'Francis Davison: Collages'
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2017
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Redfern Gallery, London 'Francis Davison: Collages'
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Selected group exhibitions
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1969
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Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 'John Moores 7'
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1976
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Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 'John Moores 10'
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1973
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Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 'The Five Show'
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1979
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Arts Council of Great Britain touring show of UK, 'The First British Art Show'
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1989
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South Bank Centre, London 'The Experience of Painting: Eight Modern Artists'
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1992
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Gainsborough's House, Sudbury 'Margaret Mellis and Francis Davison'
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1996
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Bede Gallery, London, 'Margaret Mellis & Francis Davison, A Drift of Angels'
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2002
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Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London 'Aspects of Modern British and Irish Art'
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Collections
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Arts Council Collection
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National Library of Australia, Canberra
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Museums Sheffield
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Tate
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Victoria & Albert Museum, London
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