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Dealer Julian Hartnolls to sell some of his considerable stock at Holloways of Banbury

LONDON.- 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of Julian Hartnoll’s career as a dealer. He is taking the anniversary as a moment to rationalise his business and has decided to sell some of his considerable stock through Holloway’s of Banbury. He will continue in his gallery in Duke Street St James’s but will focus on a smaller stock and working with clients on a commission basis. The sale will consist of 320 framed paintings and drawings and will reflect the areas that Julian has dealt in during his career – namely, paintings and drawings by John Bratby RA (1926-1992) and work by fellow kitchen sink artists Edward Middleditch (1923-1987) and Jack Smith (1928-2011); paintings and drawings by Francis Newton Souza (1924-2002) and a group of Victorian paintings, drawings and watercolours. The Kitchen Sink painters came to prominence in post-war Britain and were so called because the subject matter they