Phoenix Gallery

The 'Phoenix' opened at 97 High Street, Lavenham, Suffolk in 1952 by Ronald McCausland-White (1908-1980) and held many substantial and important exhibitions.

In 1977, the Phoenix Gallery was purchased by Noel Oddy (1927-2011). His passion for art turned the Phoenix into a highly acclaimed gallery that occupied the forefront of the East Anglian art world for the next 15 years. Several of the artists he promoted, such as Charles Cundall, John Bratby, Lawrence Gowing, Edward Middleditch, Roger de Grey and Frederick Gore, were eminent Royal Academicians of their day. Other nonetheless worthy artists included Hugh Cronyn, Flavia Irwin, Bridget McCrum, Claude Harrison, Robin Mackertich, Karen Ray and Stuart Ray. In 1988 he opened in Highgate, north London, what was soon to become a hidden gem with Oddy renaming it Highgate Fine Art. He retired in 2008.