1909-1979
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A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY
| 1909
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Born in September at Moor Park, England. Educated by the Jesuits, Beaumont College and by private tutors abroad.
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| 1925
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Joined his mother at Villefranche.
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| 1925-29
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Travelled in France, Italy, and Austria.
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| 1926-36
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Studied with Francis Picabia and, for a short time, with Sert.
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| 1926
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Painted several portraits of Isadora Duncan.
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| 1928
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Visited Morocco and North Africa.
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| 1929
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Designed scenery and costumes for Serge Diaghilev (now in the Wadsworth Athenium, Hereford, Connecticut, USA). Worked with Christopher Wood in Brittany.
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| 1930
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First exhibition (with Salvador Dali) at Galerie Marie Cuttoli, Paris.
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| 1931
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Met Gertrude Stein. Galerie Marie Cuttoli, Paris, solo exhibition.
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| 1932-34
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Visited Germany.
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| 1933
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Wildenstein Gallery, London, solo exhibition. Mary Harriman Gallery, New York, USA, solo exhibition. Exhibited Wadsworth Athenium, Hertford, Connecticut, USA.
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| 1934
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Solo exhibition of landscapes organised by Freddy Mayor and Douglas Cooper in London.
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| 1935-38
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Visited the Far East and resided in Peking, China.
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| 1936
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Galerie Pierre Loeb, Paris, solo exhibition.
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| 1938
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Retrospective exhibition organised by the French government, at the Petite Palais, Paris. Exhibited with English Group, Salon d'Automne, Paris (with Henry Moore, Victor Pasmore, Graham Sutherland and John Piper).
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| 1939
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Designed costumes and scenery for Cupid and Psyche, ballet by Lord Berners, Sadlers Wells, London. Mayor Gallery, London, solo exhibition.
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| 1940
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Joined RAF. Matheisen Gallery, London, solo exhibition.
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| 1942
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Exhibited in group exhibition, Imaginative Art During the War, Leicester Gallery, London.
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| 1944
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Hommage à Le Nain, solo exhibition, Reid and Lefevre Gallery, London.
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| 1947-54
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Visited Corsica several times.
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| 1947
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Associated American Artists, New York, USA, solo exhibition. Designed costumes and scenery for La Peri (Serge Lifar), Monte Carlo Ballet Company.
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| 1949
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Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, solo exhibition. Exhibited tapestry designs, Arts Council, London. Passadoit Gallery, New York, USA, solo exhibition. Galerie Pierre Colle Reynaud, Paris, solo exhibition.
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| 1950
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Exhibited with Merlyn Evans and Cecil Collins, Heffer Gallery, Cambridge, (organised by Bryan Robertson). Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, solo exhibition.
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| 1951-52
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Exhibited Salon de Mai, Paris. Exhibited Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Paris.
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| 1952-55
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Visited Spain and Portugal.
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| 1953
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Palazzo Foz, Lisbon, Portugal (British Council), solo exhibition.
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| 1954
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Exhibited with non-figurative artists, Festival de Santander, Spain, (British Council). Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida, USA, one-man exhibition.
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| 1957
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Joined Camberwell College of Arts & Crafts as a part time teacher of painting and illustration.
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| 1958
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Moulton Gallery, London, solo exhibition.
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| 1966
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Retrospective exhibition, organised by Derek Patmore, at South London Art Gallery. Retrospective exhibition, Brighton Art Gallery.
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| 1967
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Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London, solo exhibition.
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| 1968
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Foyles Gallery, London, solo exhibition.
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| 1979
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Died, London.
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| 1985
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Francis Rose in Corsica - Drawings, solo exhibition, Musée d'Ethnographie Corse, Bastia, Corsica.
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| 1988
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Sir Francis Rose - A Retrospective, England & Co, London.
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