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Basil Beattie is a British artist born in 1935 in West Hartlepool County Durham England. His work revolves around abstraction and is known for its emotive and gestural forms.Beattie attended the West Hartlepool College of Art from 1950 until 1955. He continued his education at the Royal Academy schools from 1957 until 1961. He then began a long teaching career: during the 1980s and 1990s Beattie taught at Goldsmiths College in London.