The Horse's Mouth

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by Joyce Cary

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who is the artist that Joyce Cary based his book on? An artist friend told me there was a real artist who had showed at the Tate. does anyone know his name?
Victoria King The artist who was commonly believed to be the inspiration for Gully Jimson is the late Gerald Wilde, a British Abstract Expressionist artist, but in …moreThe artist who was commonly believed to be the inspiration for Gully Jimson is the late Gerald Wilde, a British Abstract Expressionist artist, but in fact Joyce Cary met Wilde five years after the book was published. Cary said that had he known Wilde at the time he wrote the book, he would well have served as a model for his made-up character of Gully Jimson. The October Gallery in London represents Wilde's extraordinary artwork.(less)
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