lithographic poster for the Empire Marketing Board, c. 1931 This exemplifies Edward Bawden’s brilliance as a designer; the same linocut profile of the bullock, reminiscent of those circling Grecian pots from antiquity, is repeated with suave economy and startling...
1942, watercolour When one thinks of Ironbridge, the pioneering structure spanning the Severn in Shropshire comes to mind. This was a favourite subject of artists, including some from Great Bardfield. In 1958, Edward Bawden recalled: ‘I was at Ironbridge for about six...
1959, lithograph Much of Bernard Cheese’s printmaking in the later 1950s depicted boats and fishing communities – a subject that was never to lose its fascination for him. ‘Salmon Nets Drying’ is typical of his work at the time with its combination of attractive...
Artist: Bernard Cheese Lived: 1925 – 2013 Medium: Lithograph Date: 1953 Catalogue number: 4245 Image Height/Width: Presented by the artist Bernard Cheese was a painter and printmaker, who studied at the Royal College of Art from 1947, in London, where he studied...
Artist: Duffy Ayers Lived: 1915 – 1917 Medium: Oil Date:1999 Catalogue number: 1955 Image Height/Width: 495 x 390 mm Presented in memory of Mr Tony Garrett Duffy Ayers was born Elizabeth Fitzgerald. She was one of a pair of identical twin girls born to her...
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