James Francis Gill
Moving to Los Angeles in 1962, he grabbed the attention of the art dealer Felix Landau, who had already introduced artists like Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Francis Bacon and David Hockney to the US art market. He went on to be commissioned to paint the covers of famous titles like Time magazine, and capture public figures like John Wayne and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Following a long list of celebrity collectors and an international breakthrough at the São Paulo 9 Biennial (1967), James went into self-imposed exile in 1972 to develop his artistic expression away from the constraints of the material world. During this time, his ‘Marilyn Triptych’ stayed in the permanent collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art, where it resides to this day.
Speaking on his return, James says: “For me it is absolutely exciting to return to Great Britain after so many years. I am happy that my works are shown here, because here art has always played an important role in people's lives - just l
