Hugh GRESTY
Born in Nelson, Lancashire the son of a weaver, Gresty attended the Nelson School of Art. He served in the armed services in WWI, and was gassed and wounded at Ypres (the effects of the gassing to last for the rest of his life).
On a Government Scholarship to Goldsmith College, London, Gresty studied for two years under Harold Speed and Edmund Sullivan. He travelled periodically to Italy and Spain, with a special interest in painting ancient buildings and ruins, and contributed etchings to STISA shows. He worked from a variety of studios in St Ives (Ship Aground, Mincarlo, Porthmeor), but after 1932 was no longer active in STISA, of which he had been a Founding Member in 1927. He remained in the area until his death in 1958.
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Painter etcher
works and access
Works include: The Baths of Caracalla; A Souvenir of Italy; Noon, St Ives
Access to work: Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford; Burnley; Walker, Liverpool; Manchester; Southport
exhibitions
RA 1924
St Ives Porthmeor Gallery Summer 1928, Summer 1929;
NAG Summer 1928, Summer 1929
RBA
memberships
STISA 1927-31 (Founding member)
RBA 1927 (Elected)
references
The Cornishman and Cornish Telegraph 12 Jul 1928, 8 Aug 1928, 10 Jul 1929
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Hardie (2009) Artists in Newlyn and West Cornwall (p200, col pl Baths of Caracalla)
Johnson & Greutzner (1975) Dictionary of British Artists
NAG Exhibition records
Tovey (2000) GF Bradshaw & STISA (Appendix 3: Principal Members of STISA 1927-1960)
(2003) Creating a Splash
Whybrow (1994) St Ives