PAUL FEILER Works on Paper
PAUL FEILER 1918-2013
Works on Paper
20 Cork Street London W1S 3HL T +44 (0)20 7734 1732
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SEKOS G I, 1976
Gouache 16 × 16 cm
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INTRODUCTION
Paul Feiler had his first exhibition in January 1953 at the Redfern Gallery and showed there regularly for 10 years. After a thirty-year gap he returned to the Redfern in 1993, not long after I had first met him.
drawings, still lifes, descriptive landscapes, haunting charcoals of Newlyn Harbour and his development towards a geometric abstraction which would be the focus of his work until the end of his life.
During the installation of that exhibition, which was completely orchestrated by him, I was introduced to his calm authority and complete understanding of the asymmetrical balance to best exhibit the work. This experience began a connection for me into Feiler’s aesthetic and creative spirituality.
As I left for London I was given instructions to take a detour from the A30 onto the North Coastal road, to pull over just before the village of Gwithian and look North East. I was then to drive on into Gwithian and call from the phone box to report back with my observations.
Later on I spent a week in Cornwall, visiting Paul in his studio every day in order to catalogue work. It was a beautiful studio, a barn originally converted by the painter Stanhope Forbes and used by Feiler’s friend Bryan Wynter before he took it over in the mid 1970s. I was amused to find out that the studio was in a place called Paul, a small village beyond Newlyn. Passing through an entrance tunnel of the fuchsia so widespread in Cornish hedgerows and into an astonishing space filled with light and containing fascinating objects, photographs and the tools of his trade, Feiler’s studio was a revelation.
When I got out of the car and looked, there in front of me was the divided oval that had appeared in so many of the works I had seen! An oval-shaped field sloping upwards from the road with a path running through the middle of it, worn by cattle. I called him excitedly as instructed. He just said: ‘Well done. And now you know what it’s all about.’
He allowed me access to his storeroom and to look through his plan chests where I discovered works on paper from all periods of his life. This experience gave me a valuable insight into his creative practice – his influences and inspiration from the early figurative illustrations, life
This exhibition includes a selection of works on paper, some of which have never before been shown and many of which I remember from that first visit.
Naturally I knew that there was far more to it than this. But it was fascinating to see how his work, although abstract, was so closely linked to and inspired by his visual experience of landscape and the human interaction within it.
Richard Selby Redfern Gallery, London January 2019
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S P A N I S H WA R , 1 9 3 7
Ink 20 × 32 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018
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PAX VOBISCUM, c.1938
Ink 27 × 35 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018
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C R U C I F I X I O N S T U D Y, 1 9 3 8
I n k a n d w a te r c o l o u r 25 × 23 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018
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THE DAILY BRED, 1940
Pe n c i l 13 × 18 cm
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SKETCH FOR PIER, 1946
Ink 13 × 22 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018
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SKETCH FOR PIER, 1946
Ink 9 × 19 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018
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ORCHARD, TICKENHAM, 1946
Oil 21 × 2 8 c m
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FA I L A ND C H U R C H , 1 9 4 8
Wa te r c o l o u r 28 × 23 cm
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S T U DY F O R T H E 1 9 4 8 - 9 O I L PA I N T I N G L O O FA H BAT H WITH COLOUR NOTES, 1948
Pe n c i l 23 × 38 cm
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M O T H E R A N D C H I L D S T U D Y, 1 9 4 9
P a s te l a n d p e n c i l 32 × 26 cm
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L ANDSCAPE NEAR ASSISI, 1950
Oil 18 × 25 cm
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R A I L WAY S K E TC H W I T H C O L O U R N O T E S , 1 9 5 0
Ink 14 × 24 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018 L I T E R AT U R E
Michael Raeburn, Paul Feiler, Lund Humphries, 2018 (plate 6)
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B O AT S , C O R N I S H H A R B O U R , P O R T H L E V E N , 1 9 5 0
F l ow m a s te r 2 5 × 41 c m L I T E R AT U R E
Michael Raeburn, Paul Feiler, Lund Humphries, 2018 (plate 7)
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C L I F TO N O B S E R VATO R Y, 1 9 5 0
Pe n c i l 24 × 28 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018
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WELSH LANDSCAPE, 1952
F l ow m a s te r 26 × 33 cm
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D R AW I N G F O R T H E 1 9 5 2 O I L P A I N T I N G FA L M O U T H W I ND OW , 1 9 5 2
F l ow m a s te r 25 × 28 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: Form to Essence, Tate St Ives, 1995-96
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NEWLYN, 1953
F l ow m a s te r 21 × 3 6 c m
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ROME, 1950
Pe n c i l 14 × 18 cm
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FLORENCE, 1954
Chalk 26 × 37 cm
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FLORENCE, 1954
Gouache 41 × 5 6 c m
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SALUTE, VENICE, 1955
Conté 25 × 36 cm
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D E TA I L , S K E TC H FO R T H E 1 9 5 4 O I L PA I N T I N G SOUTHERN WINDOW, 1954
F l ow m a s te r 28 × 19 cm
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D R AW I N G , 1 9 5 4
Chalk and conté 18 × 27 cm
COMPOSITION, 1954
Conté and ink 18 × 26 cm
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COMPOSITION, 1954
Conté and ink 20 × 30 cm
UNTITLED, 1954
Conté and ink 21 × 3 0 c m
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DIVIDED FORMS, 1956
Chalk 32 × 36 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: Form to Essence, Tate St Ives, 1995-96
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GANDRIA, 1954
C h a l k a n d p a s te l 19 × 16 cm
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GANDRIA, 1954
P a s te l a n d g o u a c h e 17 × 11 cm
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ISOLA BELLA, 1954
Conté and wash 28 × 19 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: Form to Essence, Tate St Ives, 1995-96
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GANDRIA, 1956
Chalk 28 × 20 cm
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LAMORNA, 1956
Conté and chalk 38 × 53 cm
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M O R VA H I I I , 1 9 5 6
Conté and chalk 3 7 × 51 c m L I T E R AT U R E
M i c h a e l R a e b u r n, P a u l Fe i l e r, L u n d H u m p h r i e s , 2 01 8 ( p l a te 5 5 )
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ROOFTOPS, CHURCH AND CLIFF EDGE, 1957
Conté and chalk 34 × 56 cm
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SENNEN, 1957
Conté 24 × 26 cm
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SENNEN, 1957
Conté 23 × 27 cm
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HARBOUR, 1958
Conté and chalk 25 × 36 cm
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C A P E C O R N WA L L , 1 9 5 8
Chalk and gouache 4 0 × 51 c m
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NEWLYN HARBOUR, 1959
Conté 4 0 × 51 c m
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P O R T R E AT H , 1 9 5 9
Conté 49 × 33 cm
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P O R T R E AT H , 1 9 5 9
Conté and chalk 42 × 49 cm
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SENNEN, 1959
Conté 27 × 36 cm
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SENNEN, 1959
Conté and chalk 33 × 43 cm
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MOUSEHOLE, 1959
Conté 30 × 48 cm
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NEWLYN, 1960
Ink 28 × 22 cm
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GREY FORMS, 1962
Conté and collage 24 × 28 cm
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NEWLYN, 1963
Ink and chalk 35 × 22 cm
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UNTITLED, 1963
Chalk and pencil 13 × 24 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 24 × 24 cm
CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 32 × 32 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 26 × 31 cm
CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 26 × 27 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 26 × 26 cm
CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 19 × 20 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 28 × 30 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 30 × 30 cm
CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 26 × 28 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 34 × 29 cm
CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 30 × 31 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 25 × 26 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1963
Conté 41 × 51 c m
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1964
Conté 31 × 39 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1964
Conté 31 × 37 cm
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INTERLOCKING FORMS, 1964
P a s te l 29 × 38 cm
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INTERLOCKING FORMS, 1964
P a s te l a n d c o l l a g e 32 × 24 cm
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CONNECTING FORMS, 1964
Conté and ink 21 × 21 c m L I T E R AT U R E
Michael Raeburn, Paul Feiler, Lund Humphries, 2018 (plate 94)
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C I R C L E S , B R O W N A N D G R E Y, 1 9 6 5
Collage 35 × 38 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018 L I T E R AT U R E
Michael Raeburn, Paul Feiler, Lund Humphries, 2018 (plate 111)
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VA R I AT I O N S O N A T H E M E O F M O V I N G C I R C L E S , 1 9 6 6
P a s te l a n d i n k 40 × 49 cm L I T E R AT U R E
Michael Raeburn, Paul Feiler, Lund Humphries, 2018 (plate 105)
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ORBIS LVIII, 1966
C r a yo n a n d g o u a c h e o n c a r d 31 × 25 cm
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ORBIS MONOTYPE II, 1967
Monotype 27 × 25 cm
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UNTITLED (SKETCHES FOR ANGUL AR FORMS), 1968
Chalk and ink 3 8 × 51 c m
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S T U DY F O R L U N AT I S S E R I E S , 1 9 6 8
Pe n c i l a n d p a s te l 15 × 20 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018 L I T E R AT U R E
Michael Raeburn, Paul Feiler, Lund Humphries, 2018 (plate 110)
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I M P R O V I S AT I O N S , c. 1 9 6 8
Chalk 23 × 36 cm
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C AT H A R I N E , K E R R I S ( T H E PA I N T E R C AT H A R I N E A R M I TA G E ) , 1 9 6 9
Conté 35 × 31 cm
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ADYTUM G VIII, 1976
Gouache 8 × 8 cm
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ADYTUM G I, 1976
Gouache 14 × 14 cm
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ADYTUM G XVII, 1977
Gouache 29 × 29 cm
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AMBIT G XXIII, 1979
Gouache 14 × 14 cm
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ADYTUM G XXII, 1979
Gouache 5 × 5 cm
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AMBIT G XXVII, 1979
Gouache 14 × 14 cm
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ADUTON G XXVI, 1979
Gouache 12 × 12 cm
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SEKOS G XIX, 1979
Gouache 6 × 6 cm
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SEKOS G XXXIII, 1980
Gouache 12 × 12 cm
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S E KO S G X X X V, 1 9 8 0
Gouache 20 × 20 cm
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ADUTON G LVI, 1981
Gouache 7 × 7 cm
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ADYTUM G XXXII, 1982
Gouache 12 × 12 cm
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ADUTON G LIII, 1982
Gouache 28 × 28 cm EXHIBITED
Paul Feiler: One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, 2018 L I T E R AT U R E
Michael Raeburn, Paul Feiler, Lund Humphries, 2018 (plate 137)
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SEKOS G LXI, 1991
Gouache 14 × 14 cm
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SEKOS G LXIII, 1991
Gouache 18 × 18 cm
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S E KO S G L X V, 1 9 91
Gouache 8 × 8 cm
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SEKOS G LXXXVIII, 1992
Gouache 28 × 28 cm
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SEKOS G LXXX, 1993
Gouache 7 × 7 cm
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S E KO S G L X X V, 1 9 9 4
Gouache 12 × 12 cm
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ADUTON G II, 1994
Gouache 14 × 14 cm
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JANUS G XII, 1998
Gouache 7 × 7 cm
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ZENICON G I, 2007
Gouache and relief 16 × 16 cm
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Z E N I C O N G V, 2 0 0 7
Gouache and relief 20 × 20 cm
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PAUL FEILER 1918-2013
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Paul Feiler in his studio, 1995 Photo: © Richard Selby
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1953 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1961 1962 1965 1966 1969 1972 1975 1977 1979 1981-2 1982 1983 1987 1990 1993 1995-96 1998 1999 2002 2005 2007 2010 2011 2013 2018 2018
Redfern Gallery, London Obelisk Gallery, Washington DC, USA Redfern Gallery, London Redfern Gallery, London Redfern Gallery, London Obelisk Gallery, Washington DC, USA Redfern Gallery, London Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol Grosvenor Gallery, London Grosvenor Gallery, London Victoria Gallery, Bath Balliol College JCR, Oxford Clare College JCR, Cambridge Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh Sheviock Gallery, Plymouth Archer Gallery, London Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg SA St Clements Hall, Mousehole Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives Meredith College, Raleigh NC, USA (toured to Duke University NC) Crawford Centre for the Arts, University of St Andrews (Scottish Arts Council, curated by Bryan Robertson Toured to Alpirsbach; Stuttgart; Southampton University, Warwick Arts Trust, London) Fayetteville Museum of Art NC, USA Penwith Gallery, St Ives Galerie 20, Paris Retrospective at Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London Redfern Gallery, London Form to Essence, Tate St Ives Janus, Redfern Gallery, London Hongkong Land, Hong Kong Towards & Beyond, Redfern Gallery, London Connections, Redfern Gallery, London The Near and the Far, Tate St Ives Redfern Gallery, London Paintings Past and Present, Redfern Gallery, London Elusive Space, Redfern Gallery, London Paul Feiler - A Retrospective, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro Paul Feiler - Past and Present, Redfern Gallery, London Paul Feiler - One Hundred Years, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings Paul Feiler - Elusive Space: A Centenary Retrospective, Redfern Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1949 1949 1952 1953 1954 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1964 1966 1972 1977 1985 1989 1994 1996 2007
Young Contemporaries, Bristol City Art Gallery (Arts Council of Great Britain) Five Contemporary Painters: Wynter, Treffgarne, Ryan, Heron, Feiler, Bristol City Art Gallery (Arts Council of Great Britain) Wynter, Scott, Lanyon, Feiler, Bryanston School, Dorset The Mirror and the Square, Burlington House, London (Artists International Association) West Country Landscapes, Touring exhibition in UK and Germany (Arts Council of Great Britain) The Unknown Political Prisoner, ICA, London Figures in their Setting, Tate Gallery, London (Contemporary Art Society) British Contemporary Paintings, Arts Council of Great Britain, London Coronation Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London Recent British Painting, Touring exhibition (Arts Council of Great Britain) Parallels in Modern Painting, Rowland, Browse and Delbanco, London Nine English Painters, David Hendricks Gallery, Dublin (from Redfern Gallery, London) The Seasons, Tate Gallery, London (Contemporary Art Society) Bryan Wynter, Peter Potworowski, Peter Lanyon, Paul Feiler, Octagon Gallery, Bath (Arts Council of Great Britain) Statements – A Review of British Abstract Art, ICA, London (curated by Lawrence Alloway) Aspects of Contemporary English Painting, Parsons Gallery, London British Abstract Painting, Touring exhibition to Paris, Milan, Montreal, Melbourne, Sydney (British Council) Metavisual, Tachiste and Abstract Painting in England Today, Redfern Gallery, London Dimensions: British Abstract Art 1948-57, O’Hana Gallery, London British Abstract Painting, Redfern Gallery, London (and British Council tour to Liège, Johannesburg, Capetown, Auckland) Present Day Painting, Cleveland Museum of Art, USA The Religious Theme, Tate Gallery, London (Contemporary Art Society) Architect’s Choice, ICA, London Fifty Years of British Painting, Touring exhibition to Peking and Shanghai (Contemporary Art Society) John Moores 2, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Contemporary British Landscapes, Touring exhibition (Arts Council of Great Britain) John Moores 3 and 4, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool British Painting in the 1960s, Tate and Whitechapel Galleries, London (Contemporary Art Society) Lanyon, Hilton, Feiler, Davie, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol British Painting 1950-7, Touring exhibition (Arts Council of Great Britain) Two by Seven, Archer Gallery, London Cornwall 1945-77, New Art Centre, London St Ives 1939-64: Twenty-five Years of Painting, Sculpture and Pottery, Tate Gallery, London Post-War British Abstract Art, Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London The New Displays, Tate St Ives 100 Images of Falmouth, Falmouth Art Gallery Metavisual Tachiste Abstract, Redfern Gallery, London
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COLLECTIONS United Kingdom
Overseas
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Balliol College, University of Oxford
Dunedin Art Gallery, New Zealand
Birmingham Museums Trust
Hamilton Art Gallery, Canada
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
British Council Collection, London
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
British Museum, London
Pennsylvania State University, PA
Cornwall Council Art Collection
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Falmouth Art Gallery
Toledo Museum of Art, OH
Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries
Toronto Art Gallery, Canada
Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University The Hepworth Wakefield The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art Jerwood Collection Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Leeds Museums & Galleries Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection Manchester Art Gallery Museums Sheffield New County Hall, Cornwall Otter Gallery, University of Chichester Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Plymouth City Council Royal West of England Academy, Bristol Tate Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Ulster Museum, Belfast University of Liverpool University of Southampton University of Warwick Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool The Whitworth, University of Manchester
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Paul Feiler in his studio, 1974
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Published to coincide with the exhibition PA U L F E I L E R – Wo r k s o n P a p e r at The Redfern Gallery 30 January – 23 February 2019 Published by The Redfern Gallery, London 2019 ISBN: 978-0-948460-76-0 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying recording or any other information storage or retrieval system without prior permission in writing from the gallery.
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