Harry Baines, 1910 – 1995.
Frederick Harry Baines was born in Manchester and attended the Manchester School of Art from 1930–4, where he was awarded a diploma in mural painting. Over the next five years Baines completed several murals in the north of England, Timperley Church, Cheshire, and Longford Cinema, Manchester, being represented in the Tate Gallery show Contemporary British Mural Painting, 1938.
He served in the Royal Engineers from 1941–6, in India; he was seconded to be design studio director for the Indian government’s exhibitions division information department. On later visits Baines recorded impressions of a new steelworks; painted murals for the British pavilion at the Delhi Industrial Fair; with Richard Lannoy prepared the book The Eye of Love on temple sculpture, 1976; and produced drawings exhibited as part of the Festival of India, 1983.
Baines became interested in Neo-Realism – stimulated by meeting Italian artists such as Guttuso, Mucchi, Zigaina and Treccani, whose work dominated the Venice Biennale of 1951. Baines’ “superb draughtsmanship” was praised by critic John Berger, who noted that “the weight of a stone that a woman carries on her head can be seen in her ankle.”
Mixed shows included RA, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Leicester Galleries and The Forgotten Fifties, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, and tour, 1984. Later solo shows included a series at Camden Arts Centre from 1980; Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne, 1992; and a memorial exhibition at Art Connoisseur Gallery, 1996. Lived in London.
Information source: ‘Artists in Britain Since 1945’ by David Buckman /Art Dictionaries
Our overheads are low and we try to keep our prices competitive.
We give a NO RISK – 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE WITH EVERY PAINTING WE SELL. Thus you are guaranteed 100% satisfaction with your purchase, or your money back! (NB purchaser is responsible for cost of return delivery/postage).
Frames – While we photograph the pictures in their frames, and the frames are included (if wanted and usually not for overseas sales). We make no warranty on their condition and they are sold as seen. If you would a report on the condition of the frame please let us know in advance.