Edinburgh 1963

Pen and Ink Drawing. In black frame, mounted behind glass. With stamp of Foulis Gallery on verso and hand written picture title. Paper a little aged. New mount and frame preserving original label. Richard Demarco is an artist, writer, producer and director of programmes and projects of theatre and visual art. Born in Scotland in 1930 with ancestors from Ireland, France and Italy, he initiated and activated new, forward-looking collaborations across Europe in the legacy of WWII, and since the 1950s has practised as a leading European advocate for contemporary art. He was a co-founder of the Edinburgh based Traverse Theatre in 1963 and in 1966 founded his own gallery in the city. [Closed 1992]