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...
Hand-enamelled, transfer-printed and colour washed bone china Eric Ravilious (1903 – 1942) was employed by the Wedgwood Company between 1936 and 1940, to produce a series of designs. His first was a mug commemorating the coronation of Edward VIII, which then had to be...
Watercolour, 1952 Walter Hoyle (1922 – 2000) visited Sicily in August 1951 in the company of fellow artist, Edward Bawden. Both found the heat and dust almost unbearable and eventually took refuge up in the mountains at Enna. On their return to England, Hoyle was...
Oil, 1993 This small (15cm x 20cm) painting perfectly captures the intensity of feeling for a particular place that Deakins (b.1957) manages to convey in his work – not just how something looks, but also how he, as an artist, has experienced it; the smell of...
bronze, 1970 Sun Maze (1970) is a late double-sided bronze by Michael Ayrton. The myth of Daedalus, Icarus and the labyrinth at Knossos is familiarly told by Ovid in his narrative poem of 8AD and became an obsession of the artist over many years. On one side, Icarus,...
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