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Ceri Richards, 'La Cathedrale Engloutie [Profundemant Calme]'             1961/2, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 inches , signed Provenance: Marlborough Fine Art Literature: 'Ceri Richards', Mel Gooding, 2002, illustrated full page Exhibited: Venice Biennale, 1962                 National Museum of Wales, 2002, major retrospective show Featured in 1960s BBC film on Ceri Richards

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Ceri Richards [1903-71] is one of the UK's greatest modern artists, 2nd only to Francis Bacon in my opinion. He studied at the Royal College of Art, 1924-7, where he later taught. He produced wonderful abstract constructions during the 1930s, which are among the best ever produced. Although a lot of his later work was more figurative and of exceptional quality, he was at his best when closest to abstraction. His most impressive series of paintings are the 'Cathedrale Englouties' produced during the 1960s [he painted over 100 of these]. He represented the UK at the Venice Biennale in 1962 and won a major prize for painting. At that time he showed at Marlborough Fine Art alongside Francis Bacon. where he shared equal ranking. The many public galleries holding his work include the Tate Gallery, who have a massive collection, where a major retrospective exhibition was held in 1981. An excellent book on the work of Ceri Richards by Mel Gooding was published in 2002.