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Vanessa Garwood: abstraction, reality and imagination
Vanessa Garwood, Self-portrait One of our up-&-coming young artists, Vanessa Garwood was trained at the Charles Cecil Studios in Florence. She studied painting and sculpture, and later served a three-month sculpture apprenticeship in South Africa. This awareness of form in … Continue reading
Posted in contemporary paintings, Landscape, Portrait, still life
Tagged 21st century artists, British artists, British paintings, British pictures, contemporary artists, contemporary paintings, landscape, landscape paintings, Still life, still life paintings, subject paintings, Vanessa Garwood, young artists
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The Ludovici family
Original bookplate for A. Ludovici, An artist’s life in London and Paris 1870-1925, 1926, with the coat of arms of the Ludovici family The members of the Ludovici clan were international in their roots, their lives and their education, and … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Figure paintings, Landscape, Paintings of interiors, Portrait
Tagged Académie Charles, Albert Ludovici, Atelier Drölling, Britannia Theatre, British paintings, British pictures, Emile Bin, Lady Colin Campbell, Ludovici, Ludovisi, SBA, Society of British Artists
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The art of the dance
Robert Duckworth Greenham, Tango Final of British Championship, Blackpool, 1969, s. & d. 1970 Robert Greenham’s painting of this dancing competition can safely be called an eye-catcher. The viewpoint is defined by the velvet sill curving across the lower right-hand … Continue reading
Terry Watts: art, nature and the Romantic
The Romantic movement in art grew out of an increased interest in the sublime and in picturesque notions of nature in the late 18th century. Before that, anything beyond the walls of the estate or garden had been regarded as … Continue reading
George Weissbort
George Weissbort, Self portrait with beard, 1973 George Weissbort, whose work we are delighted to present in our gallery, sadly died during the summer, aged 85. A charming man, his knowledge of the Old Masters was informed by hours (literally … Continue reading
The Hungry Eye: an exhibition of new still life paintings by Stephen Rose
Open from 22 April – 3 May 2013 and presented by Mark Mitchell Paintings & Drawings at 17 Avery Row, Brook Street, London W1K 4BF Stephen Rose’s work is a wonderfully contemporary take on the classical tradition of still life painting. He … Continue reading
Posted in Exhibitions, still life
Tagged British paintings, British pictures, Stephen Rose, Still life, still life paintings
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