‘A London Underground Platform’ by Fermin Rocker (1907-2004)

(Private collection)

This Friday marks 162 years since the world's first underground railway, the Metropolitan Railway, opened between Paddington and Farringdon.

This week's theme is therefore the London Underground!
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'Paddington Station at Night' (1992) by Doreen Fletcher
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A vivid, dynamic and richly detailed vision of life, William Roberts’ 'Self-service,' was painted in 1978,  towards the end of his career, during which he had achieved international renown and critical acclaim for the distinctive figurative style of his post-war work.

Mackerel Sky, Eric Ravilious, 1938. Painted at Tollesbury in #Essex. Thought lost, it is now known to be in a private collection, was exhibited for the first time in many years in 2021 and is currently on display at the Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne.

Good morning - I hope you slept like a phytoplankton-stuffed oyster - I'm starting with ‘Paddle Steamers, Bristol Quay’, Eric Ravilious, watercolour, 1938. Available as a single card or as part of the Eric Ravilious Ahoy! Greetings Card Collection.
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'Clarence Gardens', Camden (1912) by William Ratcliffe

(Tate)

'View of New York.' (1928) Bernard Boutet de Monvel was one of the great society portrait artists of the 20thC spending prolonged periods in America - he also lent his very distinctive approach to capturing cityscapes of the boroughs of New York.

'The Singer in Pink.' (1895) Like his close friend Edgar Degas, Jean-Louis Forain drew extensively from the world of entertainment, finding intriguing subjects amongst the spectators at the operas, concerts, and lively sporting events which took place around Paris in the last years of the 19thC.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin