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R. J. Lloyd was born in
Hereford in 1926 and lives in Devon. He began
painting around 1950 and received early encouragement from the sculptor,
Henry Moore, who was a good friend. Later in life he became friendly with the
poet, Ted Hughes, which resulted in Reg illustrating four of Hughes' books of
poems, including the award winning What is the Truth?. One of the other books of Hughes’ poems
illustrated by Lloyd was The Cat and the Cuckoo and a few copies
of the first edition are currently in stock at the gallery.
Reg Lloyd’s work is included in the collections of the V&A Museum,
National Maritime Museum and Tate Gallery in London as well as Oriel and
Exeter Colleges Oxford, the British Embassy in Paris, Teignbridge Council and
the Bruton Art Gallery, Bideford. Lloyd’s
exhibitions include Portrait of the
Artist at the Tate Gallery, annual showing with the Royal Institute at
the Mall Galleries, a major retrospective at the Hereford City Art gallery in
1996 and an exhibition at DFN Gallery, Broadway New York in 2000.
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