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JAMES HYMAN GALLERY
Peter de Francia (b.1921)
Please scroll down for further information. Peter de Francia (b.1921) Eric Hobsbawm Oil on canvas 91.6 x 152.7 cms (36 x 60 inches) c1955 Literature: Peter de Francia: Portraits, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2006, (cat. 1), front cover. Eric Hobsbawm and Peter de Francia were both members of the Geneva Club in the mid-1950s. This shortlived club was an opportunity for left-wing artists and intellectuals to meet. Those who attended their gatherings also included J.D. Bernal, John Berger, Paul Hogarth and Derrick Greaves. Another member was J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964), the biologist and geneticist whose publications included Philisophy and the Sciences (1938). This item is sold. Please click here if you wish to buy or sell a work by this artist. | ||||||||
