Mervyn Levy

Mervyn Levy (11 February 1914 – 14 April 1996) was a Welsh artist, art dealer, writer and critic.^[1][2] He is also known for his association with the poet Dylan Thomas as one of The Kardomah Gang.^[2]

Levy first met Thomas at primary school in Swansea. While studying art in London, he shared digs with Alfred Janes and Dylan Thomas, both friends from his home town. Levy drew several portraits of Dylan.

He had a distinguished career as a critic, and produced studies of James Whistler, L. S. Lowry and D. H. Lawrence. His pencil portrait of LS Lowry (1961), is held at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry. ^[3]

References

1. ^ Levy, Ceri (17 May 1996). "Obituary: Mervyn Levy". The Independent (London). http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-mervyn-levy-1347766.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Dylan Thomas and the Kardomah set". The Independent (London). 11 February 2006. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/dylan-thomas-and-the-kardomah-set-525736.html. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 
3. ^ Mervyn Levy, ‘Lowry, Laurence Stephen (1887–1976)’, rev. Julian Spalding, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006

Works

• The Paintings of L S Lowry (Jupiter, 1977)
• The Lambert Collection (September Press, Wellingborough, 1988)

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Name	Levy, Mervyn
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Date of birth	1915
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Date of death	14 April 1996
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