Anthony Benjamin
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(29 March 1931 - 17 February 2002) was an English artist noted for his abstracts. Born in Boarhunt, Hampshire, he dropped out of an engineering apprenticeship in 1949 to study art at the Regent Street Polytechnic, an education that was complemented by three months, studying drawing in Paris with Fernand Leger.
1931
Born in Hampshire UK
1957
Studies with W S Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris
1951 - 1954
Studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London
Studies with Léger, Paris
Group Show, Beaux Arts Gallery, London.
1951 - 1954
Studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London
Studies with Léger, Paris
Group Show, Beaux Arts Gallery, London.
2002
Solo Show, A Selection of Works 1956-2001, Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
Solo Show, New Works, North House Gallery, Manningtree
Group Show, Spring Show, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich
2000
Solo Show, Listening to Colour, School House Gallery, Wighton
Solo Show, New Works, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich
1999
Solo Show, Paintings and Etchings, Tate Gallery, St Ives, UK
Group Show, The Far Horizon, Tate Gallery, St Ives, UK
1998
Solo Show, Recent Paintings, 'A' Gallery, London.
1994
Solo Show, Recent Drawings, Rhok Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Solo Show, Recent Drawings, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, British Print Fair, London.
Group Show, Grisaille, Gimpel Fils, Olympic, London.
1993
Group Show, Celebrating Sculpture, Chelsea Arts Club, London
Group Show, Royal Academy, London.
1992
Solo Show, A Selection from An Amsterdam Diary, Chelsea Arts Club, London.
Solo Show, An Amsterdam Diary: Drawings, Hall Richards Gallery, Londom.
Solo Show, An Amsterdam Diary: Drawings, Westcliffe Gallery, Sheringham, UK
Solo Show, An Amsterdam Diary: Drawings, Rye Gallery, East Sussex, UK
Group Show, Paintings of the fifties, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, Royal Academy, London.
1991
Solo Show, Paintings in Pencil, Ramsgate Library, Kent, UK
Group Show, Painting from the 60s, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
Group Show, Royal Academy, London.
1990
Solo Show, New Works on Paper, Gimpel Fils, London.
1989
Group Show, Sculpture Reliefs and Drawings, Gimpel Fils, London.
1987
Solo Show, Wallhangings, Business Art Gallery, Royal Academy, London
Solo Show, Sculpture & Wallhangings, Art Expo, New York, USA
1986
Solo Show, Sculpture, Graphics, Drawings & Wallhangings, Art Centre Ramsgate, UK
Group Show, Living Art, Arts Council, London.
1985
Solo Show, Sculpture & Graphics, Galerie Aeblegaarden, Denmark
Group Show, St Ives 1939-64; 25 Years of Painting, Tate Gallery, London.
1984
Solo Show, Drawings & Graphic Work, Jersey Arts Centre, Channel Islands, UK
1983
Group Show, International Print Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Show, 12 x 12 Prints, Leicester Museums & Art Gallery, UK
1982
Solo Show, Graphics & Small Sculptures 1969-72, Blackman Harvey City Gallery, London, UK
Solo Show, Sculpture, Atlanta, USA
Group Show, British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK
1981
Solo Show, Works on Paper, Den Internasjonale Kustuke, Ringerikes, Norway
1980
Solo Show, Borderline Images & Other Work, Rhok Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Group Show, International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Frechen, Germany
1979
Solo Show, Graphic Work, Graffiti Gallery, Hjo, Sweden
1977
Group Show, British Artists Prints, British Council Touring Exhibition, USA
1976
Solo Show, Sculpture and Drawings, Gimpel Fils, London.
1974
Solo Show, Graphic Work, Foundation Sonja Henei Neils, Museum of Modern Art, Norway
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, International Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Group Show, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
1971
Solo Show, Anthony Benjamin New Prints, Gorner & Millard, London.
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
1970
Solo Show, Sculpture, Gimpel & Weizenhoffer, New York, USA
Group Show, IX Joan Miro International Drawing Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
1969
Solo Show, Sculpture, Painting & Drawing, Comsky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Solo Show, New Prints, Gimpel & Weizenhoffer, New York, USA
Group Show, Contemporary Painting, Arts Council, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Group Show, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York, USA
Group Show, Graphic Art Biennale, Bradford, UK
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, Biennale of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan
Group Show, British Contemporary Prints, British Council Touring Exhibition, USA & Canada
1968
Group Show, British Contemporary Prints, British Council Touring Exhibition, USA
Group Show, Graphics Biennale, Cracow, Poland
Group Show, British Contemporary Prints, British Council, Mexico City
1967
Solo Show, New Works, Winchester Contemporary Art Society, UK
Solo Show, Sculpture, Painting, Graphics & Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Solo Show, Drawings, Zwemmer Gallery, London.
Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagoaka, Japan
Group Show, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, UK
Group Show, British Contemporary Painting, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
1966
Solo Show, Paintings, Central Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Solo Show, Sculpture, Painting, Graphics & Drawing, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Group Show, Contemporary British Painting, Leeds, UK
Group Show, British Contemporary Art, Nottingham, UK
1965
Solo Show, Artist's Prints, ICA, London.
1964
Solo Show, Grabowski Gallery, London.
Solo Show, St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
Solo Show, Paintings, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Group Show, British Painting, Leeds, UK
1963
Solo Show, Grabowski Gallery, London.
Group Show, Obelisk Gallery, London.
1962
Solo Show, Grabowski Gallery, London.
Group Show, Benjamin & Wall, Grabowski Gallery, London.
1960-1961
Studies in Italy on an Italian Government Fellowship
Solo Show, Obelisk Gallery, London.
Group Show, Obelisk Gallery, London.
1959
Group Show, Musée D'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1958
Solo Show, Paintings and Drawings, Newly Art Gallery, Newlyn, UK
1931
Born in Hampshire UK
1957
Studies with W S Hayter at Atelier 17, Paris
1951 - 1954
Studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London
Studies with Léger, Paris
Group Show, Beaux Arts Gallery, London.
1951 - 1954
Studies at the Regent Street Polytechnic, London
Studies with Léger, Paris
Group Show, Beaux Arts Gallery, London.
2002
Solo Show, A Selection of Works 1956-2001, Belgrave Gallery, St Ives
Solo Show, New Works, North House Gallery, Manningtree
Group Show, Spring Show, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich
2000
Solo Show, Listening to Colour, School House Gallery, Wighton
Solo Show, New Works, Elm Hill Contemporary Art, Norwich
1999
Solo Show, Paintings and Etchings, Tate Gallery, St Ives, UK
Group Show, The Far Horizon, Tate Gallery, St Ives, UK
1998
Solo Show, Recent Paintings, 'A' Gallery, London.
1994
Solo Show, Recent Drawings, Rhok Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Solo Show, Recent Drawings, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, British Print Fair, London.
Group Show, Grisaille, Gimpel Fils, Olympic, London.
1993
Group Show, Celebrating Sculpture, Chelsea Arts Club, London
Group Show, Royal Academy, London.
1992
Solo Show, A Selection from An Amsterdam Diary, Chelsea Arts Club, London.
Solo Show, An Amsterdam Diary: Drawings, Hall Richards Gallery, Londom.
Solo Show, An Amsterdam Diary: Drawings, Westcliffe Gallery, Sheringham, UK
Solo Show, An Amsterdam Diary: Drawings, Rye Gallery, East Sussex, UK
Group Show, Paintings of the fifties, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, Royal Academy, London.
1991
Solo Show, Paintings in Pencil, Ramsgate Library, Kent, UK
Group Show, Painting from the 60s, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
Group Show, Royal Academy, London.
1990
Solo Show, New Works on Paper, Gimpel Fils, London.
1989
Group Show, Sculpture Reliefs and Drawings, Gimpel Fils, London.
1987
Solo Show, Wallhangings, Business Art Gallery, Royal Academy, London
Solo Show, Sculpture & Wallhangings, Art Expo, New York, USA
1986
Solo Show, Sculpture, Graphics, Drawings & Wallhangings, Art Centre Ramsgate, UK
Group Show, Living Art, Arts Council, London.
1985
Solo Show, Sculpture & Graphics, Galerie Aeblegaarden, Denmark
Group Show, St Ives 1939-64; 25 Years of Painting, Tate Gallery, London.
1984
Solo Show, Drawings & Graphic Work, Jersey Arts Centre, Channel Islands, UK
1983
Group Show, International Print Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
Group Show, 12 x 12 Prints, Leicester Museums & Art Gallery, UK
1982
Solo Show, Graphics & Small Sculptures 1969-72, Blackman Harvey City Gallery, London, UK
Solo Show, Sculpture, Atlanta, USA
Group Show, British International Print Biennale, Bradford, UK
1981
Solo Show, Works on Paper, Den Internasjonale Kustuke, Ringerikes, Norway
1980
Solo Show, Borderline Images & Other Work, Rhok Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Group Show, International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Frechen, Germany
1979
Solo Show, Graphic Work, Graffiti Gallery, Hjo, Sweden
1977
Group Show, British Artists Prints, British Council Touring Exhibition, USA
1976
Solo Show, Sculpture and Drawings, Gimpel Fils, London.
1974
Solo Show, Graphic Work, Foundation Sonja Henei Neils, Museum of Modern Art, Norway
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, International Print Biennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
Group Show, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
1971
Solo Show, Anthony Benjamin New Prints, Gorner & Millard, London.
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
1970
Solo Show, Sculpture, Gimpel & Weizenhoffer, New York, USA
Group Show, IX Joan Miro International Drawing Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
1969
Solo Show, Sculpture, Painting & Drawing, Comsky Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Solo Show, New Prints, Gimpel & Weizenhoffer, New York, USA
Group Show, Contemporary Painting, Arts Council, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Group Show, Gimpel & Weitzenhoffer, New York, USA
Group Show, Graphic Art Biennale, Bradford, UK
Group Show, Gimpel Fils, London.
Group Show, Biennale of Graphic Art, Tokyo, Japan
Group Show, British Contemporary Prints, British Council Touring Exhibition, USA & Canada
1968
Group Show, British Contemporary Prints, British Council Touring Exhibition, USA
Group Show, Graphics Biennale, Cracow, Poland
Group Show, British Contemporary Prints, British Council, Mexico City
1967
Solo Show, New Works, Winchester Contemporary Art Society, UK
Solo Show, Sculpture, Painting, Graphics & Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Solo Show, Drawings, Zwemmer Gallery, London.
Group Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Nagoaka, Japan
Group Show, Arts Council Touring Exhibition, UK
Group Show, British Contemporary Painting, Arts Council Touring Exhibition
1966
Solo Show, Paintings, Central Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Solo Show, Sculpture, Painting, Graphics & Drawing, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Group Show, Contemporary British Painting, Leeds, UK
Group Show, British Contemporary Art, Nottingham, UK
1965
Solo Show, Artist's Prints, ICA, London.
1964
Solo Show, Grabowski Gallery, London.
Solo Show, St Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
Solo Show, Paintings, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Group Show, British Painting, Leeds, UK
1963
Solo Show, Grabowski Gallery, London.
Group Show, Obelisk Gallery, London.
1962
Solo Show, Grabowski Gallery, London.
Group Show, Benjamin & Wall, Grabowski Gallery, London.
1960-1961
Studies in Italy on an Italian Government Fellowship
Solo Show, Obelisk Gallery, London.
Group Show, Obelisk Gallery, London.
1959
Group Show, Musée D'Art Moderne, Paris, France
1958
Solo Show, Paintings and Drawings, Newly Art Gallery, Newlyn, UK