Edward Burra - Twentieth-century Eye

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0120071210Burra had an extraordinary circle of friends.

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0220071211In 1921 at the age of 16, Burra enrolled as a student at Chelsea College of Art.

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0320071212Burra's first visit to France in 1926 took him to the coast that inspired much of his work

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0420071213Burra's visited Mexico in 1937 to stay with the novelist Malcolm Lowry.

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05 LAST20071214The Battle of Britain was fought in the air directly over Burra's home in Rye.

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