Harry Ousey

Frederick Henry "Harry" Ousey was a British post-modernist painter whose work has been described as "very important in the 20th century British art scene", and exhibited across Europe.[1]

Early life

Ousey was born in Longsight, Manchester on 21 November 1915. He trained as an architect.[2]

Life and works

He moved to Cornwall where he became associated with Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth.[3] A collection of 25 paintings is owned and exhibited by the Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall, who rate his work "amongst the finest in abstract paintings emanating from the St Ives School"[4] Ousey was working towards a major show in Paris at the time of his death in 1985. A retrospective, "One Needs More Than Paint, A Centenary exhibition Of Harry Ousey", was held at Salford Art Gallery in June 2015.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/out-about/harry_ousey_exhibition_at_the_salford_museum_and_art_gallery_1_4082392
  2. ↑ https://harryousey.co.uk/chronology/
  3. ↑ http://www.falmouthartgallery.com/Collection/Artist/Ousey,_Harry_(1915-1985)
  4. ↑ http://cornwallartists.org/directory?page=272
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