LEFEVRE GALLERY
Lefevre Gallery was established at 1a King Street, St James's, London in 1926 by Alexander Reid (1854–1928) and Frenchman Ernest-Albert Lefevre (1869-1940), becoming known as Alex Reid & Lefèvre. Alex Reid had been trained in Paris with Theo van Gogh at Broussod and Valadon and had lodged with Theo’s brother Vincent. In Paris Reid was first introduced to Impressionist paintings with which he dealt from his gallery in Glasgow 1889-1926 before joining Lefevre in a new gallery Reid sending his son by his wife Harriet Elizabeth Adriana Stevenson, Alexander James McNeill Reid (1893-1972) to London the run the new enterprise. Alex Reid died in 1928 and Lefevre resigned from the business in 1931 when it was managed by son Alexander Reid, jun. The gallery exhibited Impressionist and Modern art and showed such renowned artists as George Seurat (1859–1891), Egar Degas (1834–1917), Amadeo Clemente Modigliani (1884–1920), Gregorio Prieto Muñoz (1897–1992), Picasso, Renoir, Cezanne, Salvador Dali, Balthus, Kandinsky and in 1945 Francis Bacon (1909-1992). Gerald Corcoran joined Reid and Lefevre in 1947 and in 1950, the gallery moved to 30 Bruton Street, Mayfair. The gallery at 30 Bruton Street, W1 was closed in April 2002. A company was incorporated as Lefevre Fine Art Ltd in 2002, and is now run by Alexander Corcoran specialising in Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary International and European paintings, drawings, and sculptures privately active in the art world. Suffolk artists who exhibited with Lefevre include Charles Henry Baskett, John D Edwards, Frances Hodgkins, Bettina Shaw-Lawrence and Dennis Wirth-miller.
Website: https://www.lefevrefineart.com
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