Frank Avray Wilson was born in Vacoas, Mauritius in 1914 to parents of Anglo-Irish and French descent. He attended prep school in England, where he remained for the rest of his life. Abstract Expressionism and Tachisme heavily influenced his work and he participated in the landmark 'Metavisual, Tachiste, Abstract' exhibition at the Redfern Gallery (1957). During the following decades Avray Wilson held twelve solo exhibitions in galleries across London, Paris and Brussels, though he partially retired from the commercial art world after the death of his young son in 1967.

Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/frank-avray-wilson