Maurice Sumray (1920–2004) was an English artist and engraver, based in St Ives,

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. Sumray was described by

Wyndham Lewis Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited ''Blast (British magazine), Blast'', the literary magazine of the Vorticists. His ...

in The Listener as one of the "best artists in England". Major retrospective exhibitions of his work were displayed at the Penwith Gallery, St Ives in 1984, and the Falmouth Art Gallery in 1997,

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