Eric Meadus (1931–1970) was an

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artist whose work was exhibited in the

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and

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. Meadus came from the 'Flower Roads' of

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, a

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. He was born in Rigby Road,

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, but his family soon moved to Lobelia Road. He first exhibited in a mixed show at the City Art Gallery.

L.S. Lowry Laurence Stephen Lowry ( ; 1 November 1887 – 23 February 1976) was an English artist. His drawings and paintings mainly depict Pendlebury, Greater Manchester (where he lived and worked for more than 40 years) as well as Salford and its ...

met him in 1965 and encouraged him. He attended

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, and later worked for Pirelli General where he provided cartoons for their house magazine ''Cable''. His oils were exhibited at the Royal Academy, the

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gallery in

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and at the Paris Salon. Another Southampton artist, Margery Clarke, continued to display his work at The First Gallery, which she ran in

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, Southampton.

Exhibitions

*1971:

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition The Summer Exhibition is an open art exhibition held annually by the Royal Academy in Burlington House, Piccadilly in central London, England, during the months of June, July, and August. The exhibition includes paintings, prints, drawings, sc ...

. *1996:

Southampton City Art Gallery The Southampton City Art Gallery is an art gallery in Southampton, southern England. It is located in the Civic Centre on Commercial Road. The gallery opened in 1939 with much of the initial funding from the gallery coming from two bequests, o ...

— Meadus line drawings from the permanent collection. *1996: The First Gallery,

. *1999: Tudor House Museum, Southampton. *2001: The First Gallery, Southampton. *2006: The First Gallery, Southampton. *2011: The First Gallery, Southampton. *2014: The First Gallery, Southampton.

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Eric Meadus at the First Gallery
* 1931 births 1970 deaths 20th-century English painters English male painters People educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton 20th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub

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