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Tony Giles: Tony Giles (1925-1994) was a painter of landscapes and Cornish town and industrial scenes in oil, watercolour and mixed media. He was born in Taunton, Somerset and was self taught as an artist. He settled in Mount Hawke, near Truro in Cornwall in 1961 and soon made a reputation for himself as an artist, leading to a first exhibit at the Royal Academy in 1966 and receipt of the English China Clay Art in Industry prize in 1971. Tony Giles had a number of solo shows from 1962, including at Penwith Gallery, St Ives; Bridgwater Art Centre; Orion Gallery, Newlyn; and the Salthouse Gallery, St Ives. A 65th birthday retrospective was held at the Penwith Gallery in 1990. John Branfield published a personal memoir of the artist in 2005 which is essential reading for anyone interested in Tony Giles's life and work.