Edward John Burra CBE was an English painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, best known for his depictions of the urban underworld, black culture and the Harlem scene of the 1930s.
15 Facts About Edward Burra
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Edward Burra's father, of a Westmorland family traceable back to the fourteenth century, was a barrister and later Chairman of East Sussex County Council.
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Edward Burra attended preparatory school at Northaw Place in Potters Bar but in 1917 suffered from pneumonia and had to be withdrawn from school and home-educated.
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Edward Burra took art classes with a Miss Bradley in Rye in 1921, then studied at Chelsea School of Art until 1923, and from 1923 to 1925 at the Royal College of Art under drawing tutors Randolph Schwabe and Raymond Coxon.
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In March 1925, while travelling in Italy, Edward Burra suffered with rheumatic fever.
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In 1926, Edward Burra travelled with his family to visit his sister in Florence, Italy, and visited Siena and Paris.
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Edward Burra visited Toulon with Chappell, Irene Hodgkins, Barbara Ker-Seymer, Brian Howard and Anthony Powell.
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Edward Burra visited dance halls and music halls on the rue de Lappe.
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Edward Burra visited Scotland with his mother in September 1929.
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In October 1929, Edward Burra exhibited with the London Group; woodblock prints were shown at the Society of Wood-Engravers exhibition at the Redfern Gallery in London.
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Edward Burra was a member of Unit One in 1933 and showed with the English Surrealists later in the 1930s.
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Edward Burra travelled widely, and many influences are at play in his works, which were usually watercolour on a large scale in strong colours.
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Edward Burra declined associate membership of the Royal Academy in 1963, but accepted a CBE in 1971.
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All the footage of the interview with Edward Burra conducted for this film was assembled into a documentary in 1981, The Edward Burra Interview, in which he avers that "Nothing matters" and praises Yorkshire because "it's nice and bare".
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The Tate Gallery Archive holds considerable materials relating to Edward Burra, including his letters.