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New Vision Centre Gallery: 20th Century Trailblazers | Art Online | 8 December 2023

New Vision Centre Gallery: 20th Century Trailblazers | Art Online | 8 December 2023

New Vision Centre Gallery: 20th Century Trailblazers | Art Online | 8 December 2023

On Friday 8 December, we have our Art Online auction which showcases a private collection of works from artists such as Denis Bowen, William Newcombe and Halima Nalecz, whose approach to abstraction helped shape the post-war British art scene.

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The establishment of the New Vision Centre Gallery promoted artistic expression through the celebration of international avant-garde artists in London. This cosmopolitan approach praised artists and works that were otherwise being overlooked. Whilst pop art and abstract expressionism from North America was proving the taste of the 60s, the New Vision Centre Gallery honed in on movements spreading across Europe and Latin America, exploring ideas of kinetic and optical art, providing a platform for artists whose ideas and approaches were proving difficult for the mainstream market to digest and appreciate.

The birth of the New Vision Group in 1951 signified the support for abstraction and young contemporary artists, set up by students from the Hammersmith School of Art, including Denis Bowen. In 1956, Denis Bowen, Halima Nalecz and Frank Avray Wilson went on to establish the New Vision Centre Gallery based in Seymour Place, London. Promoting artists who were often ignored by the establishment, the group looked to showcase artists exploring non-figurative works, experimenting with early ideas of Tachisme. In 1960 the group hosted the exhibition of Enrico Castellani and Piero Manzoni. During 1964, together with Kenneth Coutts-Smith and the Tunnard Gallery they presented an exhibition of the ‘Group Zero’ artists Heinz Mack and Otto Piene.

Inline Image - λ Lot 5: William John Bertram Newcombe (British 1907-1969), Movement In Space, Mixed media on paper | Est. £150-200 (+ fees)
λ Lot 5: William John Bertram Newcombe (British 1907-1969), Movement In Space, Mixed media on paper | Est. £150-200 (+ fees)
Inline Image - λ Lot 1: Denis Bowen (South African/British 1921-2006), Untitled, NO. 25; NO. 26 together with two smaller studies, Monotype with hand-colouring | Est. £300-500 (+ fees)
λ Lot 1: Denis Bowen (South African/British 1921-2006), Untitled, NO. 25; NO. 26 together with two smaller studies, Monotype with hand-colouring | Est. £300-500 (+ fees)
Inline Image - λ Lot 3: William John Bertram Newcombe (Canadian/British 1907-1969), The Heights, Mixed media on paper | Est. £150-200 (+ fees)
λ Lot 3: William John Bertram Newcombe (Canadian/British 1907-1969), The Heights, Mixed media on paper | Est. £150-200 (+ fees)
Inline Image - λ Lot 2: Halima Nalecz (Polish1914-2008), Untitled (Foliage), Monotype with hand-colouring | Est. £150-200 (+ fees)
λ Lot 2: Halima Nalecz (Polish1914-2008), Untitled (Foliage), Monotype with hand-colouring | Est. £150-200 (+ fees)

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