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Tess Jaray (b.1937) is the painter who designed Centenary Square, Birmingham, England and the forecourt for the New British Embassy, Moscow.

She studied painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, where she later taught. She has work in many public collections, including the Tate Gallery and the British Museum.

She collaborated with W. G. Sebald on For Years Now, providing images for Sebald's stories and poems. The book was published in London by Short Books in 2001. Her own book of collected writing Painting: Mysteries & Confessions which includes several stories about Sebald, was published in May 2010 by Lenz Books.

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