* EDDIE WOLFRAM (1940 - 2001), GAUGUIN'S GIRL

oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 8.82 verso framed image size 92cm x 122cm, overall size 93cm x 123cm Note: Born in Essen, Germany, Eddie Wolfram moved to England in 1948. His first one-person exhibition was held in 1958 at Woodstock Gallery, London. Wolfram was described in the Guardian (3 September 1965) as 'an artist determined to communicate with society at large...' . As well as painting Wolfram worked as a set designer and writer for television and as a producer of pop videos. As a writer on art his publications include History of Collage: An Anthology of Collage, Assemblage and Event Structures (1975). During the early 1970s, Eddie Wolfram was the Head of Fine Art at Croydon College of Design and Technology. Wolfram recruited an impressive group of lecturers to work with him including John Bellany, Gillian Ayres, Barry Martin and Patrick Heron. Helen Chadwick was one of the students. Eddie Wolfram was also the Manager and boyfriend of Millie Small the Jamaican singer of "My Boy Lollipop" which reached no 2 in the singles charts in both the UK and US. Eddie Wolfram paintings rarely appear at auction but he influenced a generation of artists and achieved considerable success in multiple artistic endeavours. By all accounts, he was a flamboyant and charismatic figure.