British art

Works by Sir Kyffin Williams, Augustus John and Sir Cedric Morris go under the hammer in a sale of 20th Century British Art.

“Books, Portrait of Laura Knight by Harold Knight 1926 (Private Collection).”

The idea of capturing something in photography before it disappears dates back almost to the dawn of the medium.

This work must rank amongst Lowry's most joyful war-time pictures, depicting a trio of merry women, dancing in the street after a visit to the local pub. We are not sure why they are celebrating and we are not aware of any other event going on around them, in fact they seem to be causing some disapproval amongst the onlookers, but their joy and bonhomie is very infectious to the viewer, even if one senses that this may be rather short-lived. [Christie’s, London - Oil on canvas, 34.4 x 41.9…

Railway paintings by artist Rob Rowland GRA

British Artist David BARNES - Road through Roewen

Evelyn Dunbar was the only woman to be salaried as an Official British War Artist during World War II, painting and sketching images of the home front, particularly the Women's Land Army where civilians were employed in agriculture to fill in for absent soldiers.

“A Drawing by Paul Nash 1913 Watercolour, pen, ink, pencil, crayon and chalk (Private Collection)”

Aside from Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, and David Hockney—and, possibly, Henry Moore (for viewers of a certain age) and Damien Hirst (if you have only

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