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Sad this morning to hear that Julian Petrie, an artist who lived in Quillan, has died. All of us who draw with the Arthe group at the MJC knew him. It seems that he had a routine op in Carcassonne on Friday and didn't come though.
We had used some of the same studios in London (though I didn't know him then) and had a handful of contacts in common. As Aileen Hennes has pointed out on the Arthe site, he was an enigmatic man with few friends - art was the centre of his life.
So enormously sad to read this news about Julian on searching for new of him - a horrible shock to find this out. My husband Marcus Hodge and I knew him well through the 90s and 2000s and were the ones who found him gallery representation in Austin, Texas. We had not seen him for some time but value his work tremendously and will miss him and have fond memories of him. We last saw him in Carcasonne for lunch several years ago. Alix Hodge
ReplyDeleteSorry to be the vehicle of sad news. Didn't know about the Texas gallery, he was quite secretive!! But he had a good show here just before his death - in Mirepoix, which was well recieved. He had become more and more unhappy and reclusive and I suspect would have welcomed his ending though who knows. Thanks for being in touch, I will let his friends know what you have said.
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