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Trevor Bell (English 1930 – 2017)
Image: 46 cm x 68.5cm
Framed behind glass : 59 cm x 81.5 cm
Provenance: Actus Gallery, London
Free Collection or £31 Special Delivery
Bell was awarded a scholarship to attend the Leeds College of Art between 1947 and 1952 and, encouraged by Terry Frost, moved to Cornwall in 1955.
Bell was drawn to St Ives, Cornwall as at that time it was the epicentre for British abstract art being the home to the St. Ives group of artists such as Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, and Terry Frost. Nicholson encouraged him to show in London and Waddington Galleries gave Bell his first solo exhibition in 1958. Patrick Heron wrote the introduction to the exhibition catalogue, stating that Bell was 'the best non-figurative painter under thirty'.
In 1959 Bell was awarded the prize for painting at the Biennale de Paris
In the 1960s Bell showed work in exhibitions in the UK and USA including a major touring exhibition covering the period of 1966 to 1970, during this time his work was bought for the Tate collection.
Trevor Bell (English 1930 – 2017)
Image: 46 cm x 68.5cm
Framed behind glass : 59 cm x 81.5 cm
Provenance: Actus Gallery, London
Free Collection or £31 Special Delivery
Bell was awarded a scholarship to attend the Leeds College of Art between 1947 and 1952 and, encouraged by Terry Frost, moved to Cornwall in 1955.
Bell was drawn to St Ives, Cornwall as at that time it was the epicentre for British abstract art being the home to the St. Ives group of artists such as Patrick Heron, Peter Lanyon, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, and Terry Frost. Nicholson encouraged him to show in London and Waddington Galleries gave Bell his first solo exhibition in 1958. Patrick Heron wrote the introduction to the exhibition catalogue, stating that Bell was 'the best non-figurative painter under thirty'.
In 1959 Bell was awarded the prize for painting at the Biennale de Paris
In the 1960s Bell showed work in exhibitions in the UK and USA including a major touring exhibition covering the period of 1966 to 1970, during this time his work was bought for the Tate collection.
