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3 May 1956
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Peter Watson (1908–1956) was of considerable cultural significance in the mid-20th-century art world. He was on the Board of the London Gallery in the 1930s1 at a time when it was one of the leading Surrealist galleries in London. He paid for the publication of Horizon (Pl 2) throughout its life 1940–1950.2 As its art editor he was actively involved in promoting the work of young British artists, including Francis Bacon, Robert Colquhoun, John Craxton, Lucian Freud, Eduardo Paolozzi and Ceri Richards; and also the work of other modern artists, such as Balthus, Klee, Lam, Matta and Mirò, whose work did not get a lot of exposure in England in print at the time. He persuaded some distinguished writers on art to contribute, such as Kenneth Clark, Douglas Cooper, Clement Greenberg, Philip Hendy, Robin Ironside, Robert Melville (see Pl 1), Herbert Read and John Rothenstein; he even got contributions from artists themselves, such as de Chirico, John Piper, Graham Sutherland, Michael Rothenstein and Ben Nicholson. Although he wrote little original work himself for Horizon, he contributed a piece on Miróin 1941 (see Pl 2) and a piece on Craxton and Sutherland,3 as well as translating a number of contributions from authors writing in French. (English)
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