Ariane Bankes

Arthur Jeffress: bright young person of the post-war art scene

The flamboyant gallery owner and epitome of the immortalised generation by Evelyn Waugh apparently took his own life aged only 55

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  • Arthur Jeffress: A Life in Art

    Gill Hedley

    Bloomsbury Visual Arts, pp. 384, £27

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