Paul Kinsler wrote:
>
> Never heard of him, but he's got a 4-column
> obituary in the Indepenent...
>
> Gordon Onslow Ford was the last surviving member of the Paris
> surrealist group of the 1930s. Although less well-documented
> than the work of his surrealist contemporaries, Onslow Ford's
> painting, writing and teaching has had an understated impact
> on art from his days as a surrealist to the present.
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/story.jsp?story=465423
Thanks for that. I don't recall reading of him before. I found his
work very interesting. They remind me of the Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime.
There's a web gallery of his work here:
http://www.onslowford.com/
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