Oscar Mellor, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Oscar Mellor

British artist

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1921

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2005

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Oscar Mellor (7 June 1921 – 2005) was an English surrealist artist and publisher of poetry.
An associate of the Birmingham Surrealists in the 1940s, he founded the Fantasy Press in the 1950s, publishing works by poets such as Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and Thom Gunn.Although he became best known as a publisher, he saw himself primarily as an artist whose business activities existed to support his painting.