Artist using oil and metal foil, born in Florence, Italy, as Dunbar Marshall. He attended Westminster School of Art prior to World War II, under Mark Gertler and Bernard Meninsky, then Chelsea School of Art, 1948–52, with Ceri Richards and Robert Medley. He did some teaching, 1954–67, then from 1967–86 was with UNESCO as secretary-general of the International Association of Art. He was a member of the RBA and Salon d’Automne and friendships with Miró, Vasarely and Alexander Calder were cited as important. Showed with RA, Free Painters and Sculptors and elsewhere in mixed exhibitions, having solo shows at Grabowski Gallery, 1961 and 1964; UNESCO, Paris, 1985; and Prévôt Gallery, Paris, 1986 and 1992. Contemporary art museums in Biha´c and Skopje, Yugoslavia; Ło´dz´, Poland; Japan Artists’ Association; and other collections hold examples.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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