This is the design for platform murals at Tottenham Hale station on the Victoria Line on the London Underground system which opened in 1968. Thousands pass it every day without knowing it is the work of Edward Bawden. During the Covid-19 pandemic we used it to remind...
1984, Linocut After Edward Bawden had completed late in 1981 sixty-eight illustrations for the three-volume Folio Society edition of Mallory’s Morte d’Arthur, he was reluctant to undertake more book illustrations. However by 1984, he agreed to provide six...
linocut 1964 Kew’s Pagoda was completed in 1762 as a gift for Princess Augusta, the founder of the Gardens. It was one of several Chinese buildings designed for Kew by Sir William Chambers, who had spent time travelling and studying the architecture of East Asia. A...
1942, watercolour Purchased with assistance from Art Fund. This poignant work was incomplete when the artist died while working as an Official War Artist in Iceland in September 1942. Ravilious was working at RAF Sawbridgeworth in Hertfordshire in May 1942 while...
This work of the week is really ‘Works of the Week’ as it gives a taste of our new exhibition – ‘Regeneration’. In particular you will find many fine examples of works by Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden and John Aldridge. The exhibition...
1970s, watercolour After a year’s worth of Work of the Week, it is fitting to highlight this fine watercolour from Edward Bawden. As the vine continues to grow in the greenhouse, so The Fry Art Gallery looks forward to Sunday’s re-opening in its new,...
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