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Dictionary of the Twentieth-Century Art

Jaray, Tess. British painter, b. 1937. She studied at the St. Martin‘s and the Slade Schools. She has had one-man shows at the Grabowski Galleries, London, 1963; Hamilton Galleries, London, 1965 and 1967. She has participated in exhibitions throughout the world, and she is represented in many public collections in Britain and elsewhere. Her work is allied with Post-Painterly Abstraction, an essentieally American movement which has had considerable influence in Britain; in it she experiments with perspective.

Tess Jaray (born 31.12.1937 Vienna)

20th Century - PAINTERS and Sculptors

by Frances Spalding
(Dictionary of British Art Volume VI)

JARAY, Tess b. 1937
Painter and printmaker. Born London (actualy she was born in Vienna as we know). Studied at St. Martin‘s School of Art, 1954-7, and Slade School, 1957-60. Awarded a travelling scholarship, 1960 and a French Government scholarship, 1961. Since 1959 included in mixed exhibitions. 1963 first solo exhibition at Grabowski Gallery. 1964-8 taught at Hornsey College of Art. Commissioned to paint a mural for British Pavilion, Expo 67, Montreal. 1980 visited Australia. 1984 taught at the Slade School. 1984 solo exhibition of recent paintings at the Whitworth Art Gallery. Manchester University and a retrospective exhibition of graphic work at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Wakefield city centre pedestrian zones and Cathedral precincts
Since 1991 consultant artist Tess Jaray has been involved in the re-design of all major pedestrian areas in the city centre surrounding the Cathedral. Her designs to date include a new floorscape, seating, lighting columns, bins and planters.

(RSA Art for Architecture)

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