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Travelling back to Sheffield after his first term at the Royal College of Art in the winter of 1949, Greaves had seen the city as though for the first time. He discovered a dramatic, stark beauty in the streets.
History
A Century of Drawings, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2 July - 29 August 2003
Derrick Greaves, Paintings and Drawings 1952 - 2002, James Hyman Gallery, 28 January - 4 March 2005
Literature
Derrick Greaves: Paintings and Drawings 1952 - 2002, James Hyman Gallery, London, 2003, (cat. 3), illustrated p.6.