BEN NICHOLSON, O.M. (1894-1982)

Philip James (1901-1974) was a friend of Barbara Hepworth and other St Ives artists. He was Director of Art for C.E.M.A. (The Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts) which subsequently became the Arts Council, between 1942 and 1958. Prior to this, he had been Keeper of the Library at the Victoria and Albert Museum between 1936 and 1939.