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Portrait of Mervyn Levy (1915-1996) by Bernard #867243

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Portrait of Mervyn Levy (1915-1996) by Bernard #867243
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Mervyn Levy was a writer, critic and teacher of art. During the 1950s his teaching skills led to his own BBC television series, Painting For Housewives, which ran for several years, and for a while helped make him a household name. For many years he also appeared regularly on BBC radio arts programmesincluding Kaleidoscope and regularly interviewed sculptors and paint-ers for the BBC radio archives. It was at this stage that he discovered his need to write about art, and for the remainder of his life this was his raison d'etre. Over the next 30 years he published 25 books, from Painting for All (1958) and A Dictionary of Art Terms (1963) to The Paintings of D.H. Lawrence (1964), Whistler Lithographs (1975), and acclaimed studies on the work of Gaudier- Brzeska, Ruskin Spear and Carel Weight. He also became the great authority on Lowry, and wrote several books on the taxcollector- turned-artist's paintings and drawings as well as becoming friends with him. From 1962 to 1966 he was the features editor of The Studio magazine, and during this time interviewed Dal in his house at Port Lligat in Spain. Levy sat enthralled as Dal told him what would happen to his wife Gala when she died. "Gala's flesh will becarefully pared from the bone, very finely minced, seasoned, sprinkled with powdered rhinoceros horn and eaten raw with a garnish of sea urchins. Her bones will be used to build a tower to her memory, supported with crutches, and embellished with bronzereplicas of my moustaches." ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good overall condition.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c. 1940</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United Kingdom</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Bernard Hailstone (1910-1987)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:15</td></tr>

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<tr><td>Title:Portrait of Mervyn Levy (1915-1996) by Bernard</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Modern</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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