Arthur Knyvett-Lee (6 June 1887 - 1974) was a British art gallery owner, the co-founder of
The Redfern Gallery
The Redfern Gallery is an exhibition space in the West End of London specialising in contemporary British art. It was founded by Arthur Knyvett-Lee and Anthony Maxtone Graham in 1923 as an artists' cooperative on the top floor of Redfern Hou ...
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Knyvett-Lee was born on 6 June 1887. He was the son of Frederic Hugh Lee, a
solicitor
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, and his wife Florence Lee.
He served in the British Army during the First World War, rising to the rank of captain, with the Somerset Light Infantry.
In 1923, Knyvett-Lee co-founded
The Redfern Gallery
The Redfern Gallery is an exhibition space in the West End of London specialising in contemporary British art. It was founded by Arthur Knyvett-Lee and Anthony Maxtone Graham in 1923 as an artists' cooperative on the top floor of Redfern Hou ...
artists' cooperative
An artist cooperative (also co-operative or co-op) is an autonomous visual arts organization, enterprise, or association jointly owned and democratically controlled by its members. Artist cooperatives are legal entities organized as non-capital sto ...