Pyne, who graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft in Calcutta, began his career drawing in watercolours before moving to the gouache and tempera form of painting.

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The Spanish Surrealist artist's 1949 watercolor and gouache drawing was one of more than a dozen works on display in the first exhibition of the gallery, launched last May by art collector Adam Lindemann.

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"We did not want to find ourselves with 10, 000 fans 2km (1.5 miles) from the factory and with no means of confining them or evacuating them if necessary, " local government official Florence Gouache told AFP news agency.

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