Bryan ILLSLEY
Bryan ILLSLEY
1937
Bryan Illsley was born in 1937, and studied at Kingston School of Art. In 1963, he moved to St Ives and worked at the Bernard Leach Pottery, and in 1967 established a partnership with Breon O'Casey, making studio jewellery. He now lives in London.
Red Square (1967), a painting by this artist, is in the Cornwall Council permanent collection.
media
Abstract painter, jeweller, ceramics
exhibitions
2011: 'Second Sight', Lemon Street Gallery, Truro 9-30 July
memberships
Penwith Society of Arts
misc further info
Public Cat Fdn spells his name wrongly, as Illsey.
references
Public Catalogue Foundation (2007) Cornwall & IOS, Oil Paintings in Public Ownership;
Tate Publications: St Ives 1939-64 Twenty Five Years of Painting