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RAY ROBINSON WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1931.  AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR, HE WENT TO LIVE WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER IN BERKSHIRE, WHICH WAS LATER TO HAVE A GREAT AFFECT UPON HIS LIFE.

AFTER HIS MARRIAGE IN 1954, FAILING EYESIGHT FORCED HIM TO GIVE UP HIS CAREER IN MATHEMATICS AND HE RETURNED TO COLLEGE AND LATER UNIVERSITY TO STUDY FINE ART.

AT THE BROMLEY COLLEGE OF ART IN 1958 HE FIRST CAME INTO CONTACT; THROUGH HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH THE SCULPTOR ANTHONY HATWELL AND THE PAINTER FRANK AUERBACH, WITH THE WORK OF DAVID BOMBERG AND THE PROBLEMS OF DRAWING AND VISUAL PERCEPTION.  IN 1962 HE GRADUATED WITH THE NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN DESIGN AT SPECIAL LEVEL AND WAS ACCEPTED FOR A PLACE IN THE SCULPTURE DEPARTMENT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS SLADE SCHOOL OF FINE ART, LONDON UNIVERSITY.

AT THE SLADE HE WAS ADVISED BY HIS TUTOR REG BUTLER TO STUDY PERCEPTUAL PSYCOLOGY AND IT IS THIS AND HIS GRANDMOTHER’S UNIQUE VISION AND CONNECTION WITH THE ‘OLD’ RELIGIONS THAT LED HIM TO EXPLORE THE NATURE OF ‘SEEING’. THIS EXPLORATION LATER LED TO THE BODY OF WORK IN SCULPTURE AND PAINTING AND WAS THE BEDROCK OF HIS MANY WRITINGS ON THE SUBJECT.
HE GRADUATED IN 1964 WITH THE D.F.A (SLADE) IN SCULPTURE AT SPECIAL LEVEL; SECOND PRIZE FOR DRAWING


DURING HIS LIFE IN ART HE HAS BEFRIENDED OR MADE ENEMIES OF MOST OF THE MAJOR FIGURES ON THE ART STAGE FOR THE PAST FIFTY YEARS AND SHARED EXHIBITIONS WITH AS DIVERSE FIGURES AS GIACOMETTI AND HOCKNEY.

HE IS REPRESENTED BY MANY PUBLIC COMMISSIONS AND IN GALLERIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
HE IS VERY RECLUSIVE AND NOW LIVES WITH HIS WIFE BRENDA ON THE ATLANTIC COAST OF CANADA.