Harry Ousey

{{use dmy dates|date=May 2017}} '''Frederick Henry Ousey''' (1915–1985) was a British post-modernist painter whose work has been described as "very important in the 20th century British art scene", and exhibited across Europe.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Ousey exhibition at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery |date=22 May 2015 |author=Paul Mackenzie |newspaper=Lancashire Life |url=http://www.lancashirelife.co.uk/out-about/harry_ousey_exhibition_at_the_salford_museum_and_art_gallery_1_4082392}}</ref>

==Early life== Ousey was born in Longsight, Manchester, on 21 November 1915. He trained as an architect.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chronology |date=12 August 2016 |publisher=Harry Ousey |url=https://harryousey.co.uk/chronology/}}</ref>

==Life and works== He moved to Cornwall where he became associated with Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ousey, Harry (1915-1985) |publisher=Falmouth Art Gallery |url=http://www.falmouthartgallery.com/Collection/Artist/Ousey,_Harry_(1915-1985)}}</ref> A collection of 25 paintings is owned and exhibited by the Falmouth Art Gallery, Cornwall, who rate his work "amongst the finest in abstract paintings emanating from the St Ives School"<ref>{{cite web |title=Harry Ousey |publisher=Cornwall Artists Index |url=http://cornwallartists.org/cornwall-artists/harry-ousey}}</ref> Ousey was working towards a major show in Paris at the time of his death in 1985. A retrospective, "One Needs More Than Paint, A Centenary Exhibition of Harry Ousey", was held at Salford Art Gallery in June 2015.

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