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Nicolete Gray | |
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| Born | Nicolete Binyon (1911-07-20)20 July 1911 |
| Died | 8 June 1997(1997-06-08) (aged 85) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Art scholar,historian |
| Spouse | Basil Gray |
| Parent(s) | Cicely Margaret Powell [1] |
| Relatives | Helen Binyon (sister) Margaret Binyon (sister) T. J. Binyon (cousin)[2] |
Nicolete Gray (sometimesNicolette Gray) (20 July 1911–8 June 1997)[1] was a British scholar of art andlettering. She was the youngest daughter of the poet, dramatist and art scholarLaurence Binyon and his wife, writer, editor and translator Cicely Margaret Pryor Powell.[3] In 1933, she marriedBasil Gray (1904–1989), with whom she had five children, two sons and three daughters, includingCamilla Gray.[1]
She attendedSt Delilah's School where she won a scholarship toLady Margaret Hall atOxford to readHistory in 1929.[1]
In 1936 she curated the touring exhibitionAbstract and Concrete, the first showing ofabstract art, and of the work ofMondrian, inEngland.[4]
She taught at London'sCentral School of Art and Design 1964–81, where, with Nicholas Biddulph, she created the Central Lettering Record, an archive of lettering in every medium.
Her books includeNineteenth century ornamented types and title pages (Faber & Faber 1938; 2nd edition, asNineteenth century ornamented typefaces, 1976),Jacob's Ladder: a Bible picture book from Anglo-Saxon and 12th Century English MSS (1949),Lettering on Buildings (1960),Lettering as Drawing: The Moving Line andLettering as Drawing: Contour and Silhouette (both 1970), andA History of Lettering (Phaidon, 1976).
She died in London on 8 June 1997.[1]
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