Under the Sun

Under the Sun

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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...
Two Women Sitting in a Garden

Two Women Sitting in a Garden

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Artist: Eric Ravilious Lived: 1903 – 1942 Medium: Watercolour Date: 1932 Catalogue number: 1736 Image Height/Width: 454 x 558 mm Purchased with assistance from The National Heritage Memorial Fund and the V&A / Arts Council Purchase Fund The London born and...
Geraniums and Carnations

Geraniums and Carnations

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Artist: Eric Ravilious Lived: 1903 – 1942 Medium: Watercolour Date: c.1938 Catalogue number: 1769 Image Height/Width: 392 x 517 Eric Ravilious is now established as one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century. His work across many media is highly...
Rocking Horse, Seashore

Rocking Horse, Seashore

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Artist: Olive Cook Lived: 1912 – 2002 Medium: Oil Date: Unknown Catalogue number: 1011 Image Height/Width: 407 x 610 mm Cook described herself as a “painter by inclination”, and indeed her art training was derived from an intimate association with...
Welsh Coast

Welsh Coast

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Artist: John Bolam Lived: 1922 – 2009 Medium: Watercolour Date: 1942 Catalogue number: 2815 Image Height/Width: 439 x 610 mm John Bolam is seen by many as following in the path of the neo-Romantics, most notably Piper and Sutherland, but his imagery subsequently...