Frank Humphrey Allen, Contemporary Artist, expressionist, modern art, Norfolk, Norwich 20, Chelsea School of Art
Norfolk Artist Frank Humphrey Allen 1896-1977
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Frank Humphrey Allen attended art school and exhibited alongside some
of the greatest names of 20th century British Art
—Graham Sutherland,
Stanley Spencer, Paul Nash, and John Piper to cite just a few of his
now famous contemporaries. Yet, his works remain largely unknown to connoisseurs
of modern art. At the height of his artistic career in 1949, Frank Humphrey
Allen made the momentous decision to abandon the London art scene and
pursue a simpler life in Norfolk. He would spend the last three decades
of his life there in relative isolation, following his own creative path,
leaving behind a treasure trove of paintings, unique in post-war British
art, enigmatic, yet, familiar, waiting to be discovered by new generations
of art lovers.
