Publicity-shy artist Percy Kelly now on a high

Percy Kelly (1918-93) was so averse to the limelight that only a few of his paintings were ever shown publicly during his life. But a major retrospective in 2015 and a birth centenary last year has helped raise the Cumbrian artist’s profile – and his prices.

Kelly used linear, graphic and simple compositions to depict his views of the Lake District and th…

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