Jesse Bruton Explained

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Jesse Bruton (born 1933) is a British artist, and a founder of the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham.^[1] He gave up painting in 1972, to become a picture conservator.^[2]

Bruton was born in 1933^[3] and was educated at Birmingham College of Art, where he later lectured.

He painted landscapes, and later abstract works.^[4]

He exhibited at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, and held solo exhibitions at Ikon in 1965 and 1967. A retrospective exhibition of his work was held at Ikon from July to September 2016. His painting Winding Road (1967–1968) is in the collection of Birmingham Museums Trust.

Publications

• Book: Jesse . Bruton . Jonathan . Watkins . Jonathan Watkins . Jesse Bruton . 2016 . . 9781911155034.

External links

• https://soundcloud.com/ikon-gallery/artists-talk-jesse-bruton-and-pamela-scott-wilkie-in-conversation Artist's Talk - Jesse Bruton and Pamela Scott Wilkie in conversation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ikon Jesse Bruton . . 30 May 2018 . July 2016.
2. Web site: Jesse Bruton at Ikon Gallery . Parkside Gallery . 30 May 2018 . 27 July 2016.
3. Web site: Jesse Bruton (b.1933) . . 30 May 2018 . en.
4. Web site: Jennings . Rose . Birmingham on the cutting-edge . . 30 May 2018 . en . 29 August 2004.