Ronald GRAY
Gray studied at the studio of Percy Jacomb-Hood and at the Westminster School of Art under Fred Brown before going to Julian's in Paris. A portrait and landscape painter, he later taught art at Bishops Stortford College and was part of the London art scene for many years, knowing Philip Wilson STEER, Gore, Tonks, Connard and MacColl. He came from London to St Ives to stay with fellow portraitist Phil Whiting in 1941, and was made an honorary member of STISA.
media
Portrait and landscape painter
works and access
Archival Deposits: The University of Glasgow has a number of letters from Ronald Gray, including one to James Laver offering Laver his correspondence with Steer and Tonks; also his correspondence with MacColl and Philip Connard, and 'a lot of charming letters' from Max Beerbohm
exhibitions
RA (7) 1919
Goupil Gallery 1923
NEAC 1923 onwards
Paris Salon 1925 (Silver medal)
STISA (regularly during the War years)
memberships
NEAC 1923
RWS 1941
STISA 1941-45
misc further info
references
Tovey (2003) Creating a Splash;
Brown University and University of Tulsa Image Library for Artists Discussed in The New Age http://modjourn.org/bio_browse.php