William Redgrave was born in Little Ilford, Essex. He worked for the BBC for a time. In World War II he was an air raid warden. With Peter Lanyon he then ran an art school in St Ives; Francis Bacon rented a studio from them and, in 1957, encouraged Redgrave to take up sculpture.2004 ""By far the Greatest Loss" of the 'Saatchi' Fire" stuckism.com 1 June 2004. Retrieved 15 April 2006
