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§ Keith Stuart Baynes (British, 1887-1997) Trapeze Artists signed 'K. S. Baynes' (lower left) oil on canvas 39 x 32cm (15 x 12in) Other Notes: Baynes studied briefly at Cambridge University before enrolling at the Slade School of Fine Art in 1912. Throughout the 1920s he travelled widely and regularly exhibited his work in London galleries, particularly Agnews. After World War I he became a member of the circle around the critic and painter Roger Fry and was strongly influenced by French Post Impressionist artists. His work now forms part of public collections across the UK and was featured in a major retrospective at the Minories Gallery, Colchester in 1969. Although the date of the present work remains unknown, it most likely dates from the period of Baynes's career when he was most closely associated, and influenced by, Walter Sickert. Baynes had established relationships with both Sickert and Harold Gilman during the war and exhibited with the London Group from 1919. Many members of the former Camden Town Group were included in these shows, and key members, including Sickert and Spencer Gore, had often depicted similar theatrical scenes. Quite extensive cracking. The image has been cleaned and varnished at some point.  

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