Gordon Onslow Ford

Gordon Onslow Ford (1912–2003) was an American writer, poet and painter.

Also recorded as Gordon Onslow-Ford; Gordon Max Onslow-Ford.

Gordon Onslow Ford in brief

Born: 1912
Died: 2003
Known for: writer, poet, painter, artist and designer
Place of birth: Wendover

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Overview
In detail
Sources

Overview

Also worked under the name Ford, Gordon Onslow and Onslow-Ford, Gordon Max.

Born at Wendover in 1912, died at California in 2003.

In detail

Gordon Onslow Ford studied at Britannia Royal Naval College. training under Rudolph Onslow Ford and Fernand Léger is recorded. the recorded working language is English.

The authority associates the name with surrealism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris, San Francisco and Inverness.

Works named in the authority record are Seductions of the Day.

Work by Gordon Onslow Ford is recorded in the collections of Tate, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Baltimore Museum of Art and Boca Raton Museum of Art.

Sources

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1.
“Gordon Onslow Ford”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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2.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q3889392: Gordon Onslow Ford
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