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English artist (1906–1941)
Frank Coombs, ca 1930, by Glyn Philpot
Frank Mundy Coombs (30 July 1906 – 15 April 1941) was an English painter, architect and art dealer.[1]
Early life [ edit ]
Frank Coombs was born in Radstock , the son of Frank and Louisa Isabel Coombs, of Bath, Somerset .[2]
He studied art at King's School, Bruton under Arthur Jenkins.[1]
Frank Coombs, Church in Chartres
Frank Coombs qualified as an architect and worked at the Hampshire County Council .[1] Sark and there met Ala Story , while Story was on a vacation, and followed her back to London , where Story owned the Storran Gallery .[1]
Eardley Knollys by Lady Ottoline Morrell, vintage snapshot print, late 1924
Coombs was responsible for the progressive turn of the Storran Gallery .[3] [1] Eardley Knollys and Ala Story, exhibited works by Pavel Tchelitchew , Ivon Hitchens , Frances Hodgkins , Christopher Wood and Victor Pasmore .[3] [4] Pablo Picasso , Amedeo Modigliani , Maurice Utrillo , Glyn Philpot (Philpot painted Coombs' portrait), Claude Monet , Pierre-Auguste Renoir , Paul Gauguin , Maurice de Vlaminck , André Derain and Amedeo Modigliani .[4] Modernist art .[5] [6]
Coombs was part of The London Group .[4] Special War-time Show hosted by the New Burlington Galleries .[7]
Coombs and Knollys befriended many clients like Lady Ottoline Morrell , Duncan Grant and Graham Sutherland .[4]
Personal life [ edit ]
Coombs and Eardley Knollys were romantic partners.[8] [4]
World War II and death [ edit ]
At the outbreak of World War II , Coombs joined the Royal Navy (HMS Caroline ) and was killed during the Belfast Blitz by enemy action on 15 April 1941. After Coombs's death the bereaved Knollys closed the Storran Gallery in 1944.[4] [2]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Jane Hill (2011). The Sculpture of Gertrude Hermes ISBN 9780853318651
^ a b c d e f Farnham Herald. "Life and times of artist in public gaze" . Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2017 .
^ "Eardley Knollys" . Retrieved 26 July 2017 .
^ Ian Wallace. "10 of Art History's Most Important (and Now Defunct) Galleries" . Retrieved 26 July 2017 .
^ Thomas MacGreevy (1940). In the World's Art Centres
^ "The Radev Collection: Bloomsbury and Beyond" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2017 .
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Coombs_(artist)&oldid=1225790642 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y E n g l i s h p a i n t e r s ● E n g l i s h m a l e p a i n t e r s ● E n g l i s h a r t d e a l e r s ● D e a t h s b y G e r m a n a i r s t r i k e s d u r i n g T h e B l i t z ● 1 9 0 6 b i r t h s ● 1 9 4 1 d e a t h s ● R o y a l N a v y p e r s o n n e l k i l l e d i n W o r l d W a r I I ● R o y a l N a v y s a i l o r s ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y E n g l i s h b u s i n e s s p e o p l e ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y E n g l i s h L G B T p e o p l e ● M i l i t a r y p e r s o n n e l f r o m S o m e r s e t ● B u r i a l s a t B e l f a s t C i t y C e m e t e r y ● 2 0 t h - c e n t u r y E n g l i s h m a l e a r t i s t s H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n i s d i f f e r e n t f r o m W i k i d a t a ● U s e d m y d a t e s f r o m A p r i l 2 0 2 2 ● A r t i c l e s w i t h C W G C i d e n t i f i e r s
● T h i s p a g e w a s l a s t e d i t e d o n 2 6 M a y 2 0 2 4 , a t 1 8 : 5 3 ( U T C ) . ● T e x t i s a v a i l a b l e u n d e r t h e C r e a t i v e C o m m o n s A t t r i b u t i o n - S h a r e A l i k e L i c e n s e 4 . 0 ;
a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
