| Duncan Grant was born in Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire. Studied at the Westminster School of Art, then under Jacques-Emile Blanche and the Slade School of Fine Art. During the period 1907-09 lived in Paris, where he met Matisse. Grant contributed to Roger Fry's second show of French Post-Impressionists in 1912; and became a member of the Camden Town Group and later London Group. Grant became closely associated with Roger Fry's Omega Workshops. Grant held his first one man show at the Carfax Gallery in 1920. Had a number of solo exhibitions with Agnews. Also exhibited in group shows at the Leicester, Redfern, Lefevre and Leger Galleries. His work is represented in many public collections, including Tate Gallery, which had a retrospective exhibition in 1959. |
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