Work of the Week 36: Turkey & Farm Machine III by Michael Rothenstein
linocut, 1959 (No. 31) Artist, illustrator and printmaker, Chloë Cheese, selected this work for the Random Spectacular exhibition in 2020: ‘This linocut is drawn with great freedom but vividly evokes the Essex farmyards of my childhood. When we lived in...
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...