Pen and ink on paper This drawing by Duffy Ayers (1919-2019) is rare because her reputation and work is mostly based on oil paintings of figures and interiors. It was presented to the Fry Art Gallery by Michael Rothenstein, her first husband. Ayers (as Duffy called...
Watercolour, 1985 “It’s an ill wind that blows no good” runs the old idiom, and it was the wind of illness that blew John Bellany (1942-2013), a redoubtable Scot, to Saffron Walden in 1990. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1968 Bellany had by 1986...
Watercolour We have chosen this deliberately because the sending of greetings at Christmas time, which gathered momentum in the 1840s under Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s encouragement, were not necessarily religious in their purpose but also to exchange greetings...
Oil on board, 1953 Kate Chapman (née Ablett) (1926 – 2002), met her husband, the artist George Chapman (1908 -1993), whilst she was a student at the Norwich School of Art in 1946. The following year they were married and her work as an artist took second place...
Watercolour, 1960 Read “The White House” and most minds turn to the famous Presidential office in Washington DC. This watercolour is an opportunity to join the cognoscente to whom the words “Brick House” immediately conjures up thoughts of Edward Bawden, Bardfield and...
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...
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok
