Arthur Cyril Hilton
Cubist Composition
, 1930s
Oil on board
14 x 16 inches
Signed and dated
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Provenance
Private Collection
Note: A Manchester born artist, Hilton was wounded in World War I at the Battle of the Somme. Returning to civilian life he developed an interest in abstraction and surrealism. He was a member of Manchester's Society of Modern Painters from the early 1930's and was elected Chairman in the 1950's.