Drawn from the collections
Exhibition of drawings from their own collections at Tate Britain arranged in themes rather than by date.
This was a lovely way of viewing the work as it gave you a chance to look at the works for what they were before reading the label from the group to one side and seeing who had drawn them. I think the best way to describe is to list the themes and my favourite in each block.
Creatures great and small – “Rosetti’s wombat” by William Bell Scott (Yes it seems to be true Rosetti owned a wombat!”)
Stories real and imagined – “Pink and green sleepers” by Henry Moore (One of the underground sketches from the war)
Face to face - a self portrait of Stanley Spencer
Modern figures – An untitled figure study by Keith Vaughan
Studies from art and life – an academy study by William Mulready A wonderful Edwardian male nude complete with moustache.
Town and country – “Chimney Stacks and Winding Ways, Whitby” by Fred Cecil Jones
Modern and abstract – “Oct 55/Torre de Grillo, Rome” by Ben Nicholson
Alongside these drawings were 4 galleries of modern works. I fell heavily for a set called “The Roaring Forties” by Tacita Dean. These chalk on board sketches showed aspects of a storm at sea in a cinematic style. The large fragile pictures were just stunning.
This was a lovely way of viewing the work as it gave you a chance to look at the works for what they were before reading the label from the group to one side and seeing who had drawn them. I think the best way to describe is to list the themes and my favourite in each block.
Creatures great and small – “Rosetti’s wombat” by William Bell Scott (Yes it seems to be true Rosetti owned a wombat!”)
Stories real and imagined – “Pink and green sleepers” by Henry Moore (One of the underground sketches from the war)
Face to face - a self portrait of Stanley Spencer
Modern figures – An untitled figure study by Keith Vaughan
Studies from art and life – an academy study by William Mulready A wonderful Edwardian male nude complete with moustache.
Town and country – “Chimney Stacks and Winding Ways, Whitby” by Fred Cecil Jones
Modern and abstract – “Oct 55/Torre de Grillo, Rome” by Ben Nicholson
Alongside these drawings were 4 galleries of modern works. I fell heavily for a set called “The Roaring Forties” by Tacita Dean. These chalk on board sketches showed aspects of a storm at sea in a cinematic style. The large fragile pictures were just stunning.
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