Trevor J. DenningRBSA (6 December 1923 – 23 October 2009) was an
English artist, sculptor, writer, and art teacher who was influential in the
Birmingham art community.[1][2]
In 1947, he was one of the founders of the
Birmingham Artists Committee[5] and in 1961 he organised the Four Letter Art exhibition at the
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, having been elected a member the year before.[6] Although there was no organisational link, Denning's work exhibiting contemporary art in the city was acknowledged as an influence by the artists who founded the
Ikon Gallery in 1964, and he held a solo exhibition at the gallery two years later.[7]
Denning was also a published expert on
Spanish playing cards. He was made the first Member of Honour of the Asociación Española de Coleccionismo e Investigación del Naipe in 1989 and in 1993 won the Modiano Prize for research into the history of playing cards.[3]
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abBuckman, David (2006). "Trevor Denning". Artists in Britain Since 1945. Bristol: Art Dictionaries Ltd. p. 1291.
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^Watkins, Jonathan; Stevenson, Diana, eds. (2004). "Biographies - Trevor Denning". Some of the best things in life happen accidentally: the beginning of Ikon. Birmingham: Ikon Gallery. p. 123.
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^Stevenson, Diana (2004). "Interview - Trevor Denning". In Watkins, Jonathan; Stevenson, Diana (eds.). Some of the best things in life happen accidentally: the beginning of Ikon. Birmingham: Ikon Gallery. p. 113.
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^Watkins, Jonathan (2004). "Some of the best things in life happen accidentally". In Watkins, Jonathan; Stevenson, Diana (eds.). Some of the best things in life happen accidentally: the beginning of Ikon. Birmingham: Ikon Gallery. pp. 36–38.
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