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Robert Melville

1905–1986

Letter from Robert Melville at The London Gallery to Kurt Schwitters in response to his letter dated 4 May 1947 6 May 1947
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Biography

Robert Melville (31 December 1905 – March 1986) was an English art critic and journalist. Along with the artists Conroy Maddox and John Melville (his brother), he was a key member of the Birmingham Surrealists in the 1930s and 1940s. An early biographer of Picasso, he later become the art correspondent of the New Statesman and the Architectural Review.

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  • Letter from Robert Melville at The London Gallery to Kurt Schwitters in response to his letter dated 4 May 1947

    London Gallery Ltd (London, UK), Robert Melville, recipient: Kurt Schwitters
    6 May 1947

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