CHARLES MESSANT (1911–1977)Painter, born in Felixstowe, Suffolk. He studied at the Regional College of Art in Manchester and privately in Egypt. Museum of Modern Art, in Cairo, holds his work. Messant exhibited widely, especially in the North of England, and was a founder-member of the Manchester Group. Among venues where he exhibited were Manchester City Art Gallery, which holds his work; Whitechapel Art Gallery; NEAC; and Paris Salon. ... See MoreSee Less