Work of the Week 35: Model of a Chapel by Tirzah Garwood
mixed media The Fry’s collection includes a number of three dimensional works and this small model dates from around 1946. Eileen Lucy “Tirzah” Garwood was married to Eric Ravilious from 1930 until his death in 1942. Her daughter, the writer Anne...
Work of the Week 34: Study of a Ballet Dancer by Isabel Rawsthorne
chalk, ink and gouache c. 1960 Just as Degas had studied the ballet dancers from the wings and in the classrooms of the Palais Garnier in Paris in the nineteenth century, Isabel Rawsthorne depicted performers from the Royal Ballet in London. Between around 1952 to...
Work of the Week 33: Tilbury Juxta Clare by Keith Vaughan
oil, 1970 The reason for this choice is to celebrate the pictures that have been given to the Gallery by generous people who want to share their pictures with a wider group of enthusiasts. Not only is this picture valuable in itself, but the donation is an affirmation...
Work of the Week 32: Liverpool Street Station by Edward Bawden
linocut, 1962 Liverpool Street Station was opened in 1874 as the London terminus for the East Anglian lines to Norwich and King’s Lynn, operated by the Great Eastern Railway. It was always conceived as a dual-level station, with the Metropolitan underground line...