HANOVER GALLERY
St George's Gallery at 32a George Street, Hanover Square, London moved to 81 Grosvenor Street, Mayfair, London W1 and in June 1948 was taken by Erica Brausen (1908-1992) who had worked at St George's Gallery, and with the support of Arthur Tilden Jeffress (1905-1961), a millionaire collector, opened at 32a St George's Street. Renamed the Hanover Gallery, over the following twenty-five years, the Hanover became one of the most diverse and interesting galleries in Europe. In 1949, the gallery gave Francis Bacon (1909-1992) his first solo exhibition and for over a decade, they had a working relationship. The partnership of Brausen and Jeffress was ended in 1953 when Edward Michael Behrens (1911–1989) purchased the gallery from Jeffress and in 1954, Jeffress opened his own gallery, 'Arthur Jeffress (Pictures)', at 28 Davies Street, London. Under Brausen's direction, the Hanover Gallery remained in operation until March 1973. Erica Brausen, having opened a gallery in Zurich with Gimpel Fils as Gimpel und Hanover Galerie until it too closed in 1984, but she continued to deal from her Swiss base and as well from her London home. Erica Brausen died in 1992. Over the years, Erica Brausen had working relations with the 20th century iconic artists including Eileen Forrester Agar (1899-1991), Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), Max Ernst (1891–1976), Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), Frederick Edward McWilliam (1909-1992), René François Ghislain Magritte (1898-1967), Henri Matisse (1869-1954), Joan Miró (1893-1983), Henry Spencer Moore (1898-1986), Man Ray (1890–1976), Nano Reid (1900-1981) and William George Scott (1913-1989). Suffolk artists who exhibited at the Hanover Gallery include Isabel Nicholas.
Between c. 1880-1890 there was another Hanover Gallery at 47 New Bond Street, London, the early exhibiting gallery for both the Society of Women Artists and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers. These galleries were not related.