Maurice Sumray Explained

Maurice Sumray
Birth Date:26 December 1920
Birth Place:London, England
Death Date:21 July 2004, (age 83)
Death Place:Carbis Bay, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Nationality:British
Field:Painting, Engraving
Training:Goldsmiths, University of London
Movement:figurative

Maurice Sumray (1920-2004) was an English artist and engraver, based in St Ives, Cornwall. Sumray was described by Wyndham Lewis in The Listener as one of the "best artists in England".[1]

Major retrospective exhibitions of his work were displayed at the Penwith Gallery, St Ives in 1984, and the Falmouth Art Gallery in 1997,[2]

Notes and References

  1. News: Maurice Sumray - Obituaries - News - The Independent . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104064435/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/maurice-sumray-6165021.html . dead . 4 November 2012 . . 23 July 2004. . . 0951-9467 . 185201487 . 15 April 2012.
  2. Web site: Maurice SUMRAY | cornwall artists index . cornwallartists.org . 2012 . Major retrospectives of his work were mounted at the Penwith Gallery, St Ives in 1984, and at the Falmouth Art Gallery in 1997 . 15 April 2012.