Tirzah Garwood, Erskine Returning at Dawn, 1950, oil on canvas I'm thrilled that my exhibition Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious will be opening at Dulwich Picture Gallery on 19 November. It'...
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Exhibition catalogue published by PWP/Bloomsbury , design by Lucy Morton I've been fascinated by Tirzah Garwood (1908-51) ever since I began researching her first husband Eric Ravilious ...
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Tirzah Garwood, Hornet and Wild Rose, 1950 (Towner) Another lengthy silence and another valid excuse... I've been hard at work putting together the first major museum exhibition devoted to th...
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Eric Ravilious, New Year Snow, 1938, watercolour I wrote the note below for Dreweatts, who were selling New Year Snow in their recent auction, Robert Kime: The Personal Collection.....
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'Gramophones', from Boutiques, illustrated by Lucien Boucher Exciting news for lovers of astonishing books: Tim Mainstone has just published the third in his remarkable trilogy of books celeb...
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Soutine I Kossoff exhibition at Hastings Contemporary from Hastings Contemporary on Vimeo .
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The prolonged lack of activity on this site is due, not to laziness as you might think, but to me having been working flat out on the exhibition opening at the end of next week at Hastings C...
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If you're an admirer of Paul Nash then this new book may already be on your radar, but I would also recommend it to people who don't know much about the debonair but sometimes challenging Br...
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Eric Ravilious, Pilot Boat, 1939 Having spent some time in a private collection in the United States, Pilot Boat is back in the UK and up for auction at Sotheby's. I'm not sure I've ever seen...
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This time last year I was busy writing the introductory essay for a remarkable book. Revisiting Modern British Art is not a traditional art history book, being neither a historical survey...
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From Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden and Paul Nash to Elisabeth Frink, David Hockney and Lucian Freud some of the biggest names in British art are coming together in a vibrant, wide-ranging...
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Well it's less than a minute long, but I think this is a great introduction to my exhibition Seafaring, which runs at Hastings Contemporary until the autumn. Made by Ali Jassim - who can find on ...
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I'm very much looking forward to discussing 'Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War' with the film's director Margy Kinmonth, on Weds 6 July. Since we've talked about the film a lot over the past ...
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Eric Ravilious, Submarine Commander Looking Through a Periscope, lithograph, 1940-41 I'm sure you've had the experience of watching the film version of a novel you love... and wishing yo...
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The private view of the 2015 Ravilious exhibition at Dulwich Picture Gallery was a bit of a blur, but one moment that stuck in my mind was meeting Margy Kinmonth for the first time. I had reall...
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Over his long and successful career David Remfry MBE RA RWS has achieved a mastery of watercolour that few have matched. Unusually for the medium, he works on a large scale and often focuses...
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Richard Eurich, Survivors from a Torpedoed Ship, 1942, Tate From fishermen to submariners, migrants to merchant seamen, people throughout the ages have shared the experience of being at s...
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A Ravilious Coronation Mug features in this linocut by Angie Lewin I'm looking forward to joining artist and designer Angie Lewin on March 23 for an online event exploring her career-long fas...
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Eric Ravilious, Train Landscape, 1939, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum Please join me for a feature-length online introduction to the life and work of the much-loved artist and designer. Tw...
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A couple of lecture dates for December: ERIC RAVILIOUS: DOWNLAND MAN is on 2nd December, via zoom, hosted by the Wiltshire Museum. Tickets and information are available on the museum's websit...
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Front cover, catalogue of Eric Ravilious: Downland Man exhibition Almost a decade after Wiltshire Museum director David Dawson suggested the idea, Eric Ravilious: Downland Man is set to ...
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Eric Ravilious, Mackerel Sky, 1938, watercolour LINK FOR TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seaside-modern-art-and-life-on-the-beach-tickets-163634325673 Whether you've been to Seas...
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Pat Faulkener, Heather Odd, Michele Morize, Barbara Hunt and Wendy Spenceley, Ramsgate, 1959. © SEAS Photography / Wendy Arnhiem. Life on the beach has been documented by photographers for ...
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Eric Ravilious, Mackerel Sky, 1938, private collection This radiant watercolour was for many years thought to be missing, when it was in fact hanging quietly in a collector’s home. Lik...
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John Nash, The Cornfield, 1918 (Tate) Few paintings express a soldier’s joy in returning safely home as beautifully as The Cornfield, John Nash’s gilded vision of corn stooks dancing...
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