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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.

Kettle’s Yard house will close at 4pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.45pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.

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Open: Tuesday–Sunday, 11am–5pm

We are closed on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Please note that the Garden Kitchen café at Kettle’s Yard will be closed from Tuesday 21 – Friday 24 April inclusive for essential maintenance.

Kettle’s Yard house will close at 4pm on Friday 24 April with last entry to the house at 2.45pm. Please note the shop at Kettle’s Yard will remain open as usual to 5pm.

Merlyn Oliver Evans

Born 1910 – Died 1973

Born in Wales, Evans grew up in Glasgow. After attending the local School of Art (1927–31), he moved to London, studying at the Royal College of Art (1932–34). He became a member of the Surrealist group, showing his work at the International Surrealist Exhibition of 1936. In 1938 he moved to Durban, South Africa, to work as a teacher. After the war, his work became more violently politicised and allegorical. On his return to London in 1949 he had his first solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries. From the 1950s Evans combined painting with printmaking. From 1965 he taught painting at the Royal College of Art.