merlyn evans / porthmeor (rothko memorial) / 30/133

British painter, printmaker, and sculptor. He was born in Cardiff but grew up in
Glasgow, where he studied at the School of Art from 1927 to 1930. During this period he was already working as an abstract artist. A travelling scholarship then took him to Europe, after which he continued his studies at the RC Art in London and from 1934 to 1936 in Paris, where he met many leading artists, including Kandinsky and Mondrian. His work at this time was influenced by both Cubism and Surrealism, although the most important influences was Wyndham Lewis. He took part in the
International Surrealist Exhibition in London in 1936.
From 1938 to 1942 he lived in South Africa, teaching at the Natal Technical College in Durban. From 1942 to 1945 he served with the army in North Africa and Italy.
After the war he settled in London, where he had his first substantial one‐man
exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1949.
From the 1950s his paintings tended to grow larger and more abstract. He
occasionally made sculpture and was regarded as one of the leading British
printmakers of his day; some of his prints were in mezzotint, a technique he helped to revive. From 1965 until his death, Evans taught painting at the Royal College of Art.

Porthmeor, from Rothko Memorial Portfolio

lithograph on paper, 1973

image: 900 x 695mm
frame: 940 x 735mm

• presented in a simple very narrow brushed aluminium frame, with a wide margin.
• Works in the Tate collection.

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