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Sketch Book II water soluble ink and seawater on paper 21 x 14.5cm Footnote: John Virtue has regularly exhibited in London starting with the Lisson Gallery in 1985, and his many solo museum shows include major solo exhibitions with the Tate St Ives, Yale Center for British Art, and the National Gallery. Since leaving the Slade School of Fine Art, under the watchful eye of Frank Auerbach, John’s practice has moved from a cross-hatched detailed landscape painting, reminiscent of Samuel Palmer, to an almost completely abstract gestural image closer to the Tachists, Jackson Pollock, or even the most eloquent and abstract Japanese calligraphers, Sengai Gibon and Ike Taiga.

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