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George Dannatt

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Curriculum Vitae
1915	Born Blackheath, London.
1926	Colfe's Grammar School.
1934	Articled pupil to Surveyors, Land and Estate Agents. College of Estate Management (London University).
1940	Qualified as Chartered Surveyor and joined the family business. Elected a Fellow (F.R.I.C.S.) in 1957. Despite commitment to this professional career, from 1930 onwards closely involved as a student of music.
1940	Conscripted into the Army, August.
1944	Invalided from the Army. Rejoined family business.
1944	In addition to professional work as a Surveyor, became a music critic on the London News Chronicle and wrote much other music criticism.
1948	Elected Member of the Critics' Circle, Music Section, and is now an Honorary Member. First of regular visits to Dorset in this year and developed a close association with the area, walking and taking photographs.
1956	Ceased regular work for the News Chronicle but continued as a freelance critic. Renewed interest in painting.
1958	Part-time residence near the Dorset-Wiltshire border.
1963	First visit to Cornwall and commencement of association with Cornish-based painters.
1970	Commenced to show work at the St.Ives Penwith Gallery. Associate member of Penwith Society of Arts.
1973	Commenced to show work at the Newlyn Art Gallery. Elected full member of the Newlyn Society of Artists.
1975	Three man show with John Wells and Alexander Mackenzie at the Orion Gallery, Penzance.
1980	Galerie Schreiner, Basel, Switzerland. Contributed biographical & critical essay on Sir Arthur Bliss for the complete catalogue of his music, and entry on Bliss to the Dictionary of National Biography.
1981	Retrospective exhibition (1960-1981) at Newlyn Art Gallery. Took part in the exhibition "Kunst aus Cornwall" held at the Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven, Germany. Moved from London to live in Wiltshire.
1983	Through the Michael Parkin Gallery showed work in London, Bath and Chicago Art Fairs.
1984	Gallerie Artica at the invitation of Cuxhaven Town Council, and in 1987 contributed to that Gallery's 20th Anniversary Exhibition.
1988	Michael Parkin Gallery, London.
1990	Galerie Artica, Cuxhaven, on the occasion of the publication of his book "One Way of Seeing", in English and German.
1992	New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey.
1993	Dorset County Museum, Dorchester.
1994	Chesil Gallery, Portland, Dorset.
1994	"Three Painters" at Reed's Wharf Gallery, London.
1995	The Book Gallery, St.Ives, Cornwall.
1997	The Town Mill Gallery, Lyme Regis, Dorset.
1997	Dorset County Museum, Dorchester.
1997	The Book Gallery, St.Ives, Cornwall.
1997	Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, Dorset. Publication by Russell-Cotes of "George Dannatt: Three Essays".
1999	Broad Street Gallery, Lyme Regis, Dorset, with work by John Wells & Alexander Mackenzie.
1999	Ditchling Museum, Sussex, with work by John Wells, for a 90th Birthday Celebration for Hilary Bourne.
2000	Maltby Contemporary Art Gallery, Winchester, Hampshire.
2002	Turner Sims Concert Hall Gallery (University of Southampton).
2002/3	Bournemouth Art Loan Collection, Bournemouth University.
2003	Maltby Contemporary Art Gallery, Winchester, Hampshire.
2003/4	Bournemouth Art Loan Collection, Bournemouth University.
2004	Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth - "Reinventing the Landscape".
2004	The Winchester Gallery, University of Southampton: Winchester Festival Exhibition.
2005	Osborne Samuel Gallery, 23a Bruton Street, London. "Four Decades of Paintings, Drawings and Constructions"
2005	Atrium Gallery, Talbot Campus, Poole.
2005/6	The City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Southampton. "Elements of Abstraction: Space, Line & Interval in Modern British Art"
2007	The Southampton City Art Gallery, Civic Centre, Southampton George Dannatt and work from the George & Ann Dannatt Collection 20th April - 17th June
2007	Atrium Gallery, Bournemouth University George Dannatt and work from the George & Ann Dannatt Collection July through to September