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Albert Everard Read (1872-1919) was a South African artist and art dealer known particularly for his oil paintings, especially landscapes. In 1913 he opened the first art gallery in Johannesburg, in a corrugated iron shop at 43 Plein Street in central Johannesburg, and the gallery he founded, Reads, continues to operate from premises in the suburb of Rosebank. The art gallery Everard Read was founded by Read's nephew after the Second World War and is one of the most important and influential contemporary art dealers in South Africa.

Biography
Read was born in 1872 in Nottingham in the United Kingdom and came from a family of painters.

Career
Read came to South Africa in the early years of the twentieth century, and opened a gallery and antiques shop in central Johannesburg in 1913. He served in the armed forces in East Africa during the First World War, and was wounded in action. His brother Frederick Read came to Johannesburg from his home in Bulawayo to take over Read's business, and Read died in 1919 as a result of the injuries he had sustained during the war.