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Total number of records: 21

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painting21
art education13
fellowships13
sculpture13
higher education12
universities12
poetry9
letter writing7
music7
exhibitions6

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Leeds, United Kingdom21
London, United Kingdom4
Bonnelles, France1
Dortmund, Germany1
Norfolk, United Kingdom1
St Ives, United Kingdom1
Vicenza, Italy1

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Students and student work

c. 1947-1968

36 black and white and colour photographs and 8 negatives featuring art students and their work, including a photograph of two students paintings at Leeds College of Art, undated examples of Basic Des...

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The Drawings and Paintings of Isaac Rosenberg

1959

Two copies of the catalogue to the exhibition of poetry and painting by Isaac Rosenberg held at the University of Leeds between May and June 1959, organised by Jon Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez. The...

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Gregory Fellowships

1950-1959

Notes, letters and printed materials related to the Gregory Fellowships in the Creative Arts, established at the University of Leeds in 1949 under the patronage of Yorkshire businessman Eric Craven Gr...

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Sir Terry Frost to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1954

Undated handwritten letter from Sir Terry Frost to Maurice de Sausmarez, providing details of his travel to Leeds via his dealer in London and his gratitude to the previous Gregory Fellow, the painter...

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Alan Michael Green to Maurice de Sausmarez

17 Dec 1961

Handwritten from the artist Alan Michael Green, then a tutor at Leeds College of Art, to Maurice de Sausmarez, discussing de Sausmarez's move from Hornsey College of Art to Byam Shaw School of Drawing...

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Attempted sale by Buxton Mill Galleries

1975-1976

Correspondence related to the attempted sale of Maurice de Sausmarez's painting 'Cyclamen in Pot' by Buxton Mill Galleries in Norfolk to Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting and later, the Univers...

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Review of Isaac Rosenberg exhibition

1959

Typescipt titled 'A Double Gift' by Patrick Dickinson, on the Isaac Rosenberg exhibition at the University of Leeds in the summer of 1959, organised by Maurice de Sausmarez and Jon Silkin during his t...

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Notes relating to the establishment of the Gregory Fellowships

c. 1950

Copy of typewritten notes relating to the establishment of the Gregory Fellowships and a copy of a typewritten memorandum on the Gregory Fellowships in Painting and Sculpture, with notes in pencil in ...

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Malerei und Plastik aus Leeds exhibition catalogue

1961

Printed catalogue in German for the exhibition Malerei und Plastik aus Leeds (Painting and Sculpture from Leeds) displayed at the Stadthaus Untere Galerie in Dortmund as part of a cultural exchange. I...

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Eric Craven Gregory to Maurice de Sausmarez

27 Oct 1958

Typewritten letter from Eric Craven Gregory to Maurice de Sausmarez, concerning the extension to the Gregory Fellowships awarded to the painter Alan Davie and sculptor Hubert Dalwood and asking de Sau...

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Eric Craven Gregory to Maurice de Sausmarez

1 Dec 1958

Typewritten letter from Eric Craven Gregory to Maurice de Sausmarez, making arrangements to meet and confirming that the Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds has agreed to extend the Gregory Fel...

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'Sitting for a portrait'

13 Jun 1953

Press cutting titled 'Sitting for a portrait' published in the Yorkshire Post on 13 June 1953, reporting on the completion of a portrait of Dr Terry Thomas, headmaster of Leeds Grammar School, by Maur...

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