Around the Southbank area of Waterloo in the Borough of Lambeth, are some amazing mosaics known collectively as the South Bank Mosaics. Often hidden away,the mosaics are created by volunteers working alongside professional artists. All the works are within a kilometre of Waterloo.
William Blake, artist and poet, lived in Lambeth from 1790 - 1800 and there are 70 mosaics of his work exhibited within this area. In 1809 Blake declared that he wanted his work to be seen by everyone. and Southbank Mosaics have set out to acknowledge Blake's wishes by making them free for all to see..There are also other mosaics depicting the lives of ordinary people as well as more well known characters. Here are a few mosaics that I have found.
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William Blake, artist and poet, lived in Lambeth from 1790 - 1800 and there are 70 mosaics of his work exhibited within this area. In 1809 Blake declared that he wanted his work to be seen by everyone. and Southbank Mosaics have set out to acknowledge Blake's wishes by making them free for all to see..There are also other mosaics depicting the lives of ordinary people as well as more well known characters. Here are a few mosaics that I have found.
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Wonderful mosaics and shuch a great memorial one at the end
ReplyDeletethat must be fun looking for them. Some are very good and some are a bit weird. I like the Charlie Chaplin ones.
ReplyDeleteWonderful indeed. Thanks for sharing them. I like them all! :-)
ReplyDeletebeautiful...the man had vision
ReplyDeleteI love mosaics! Some of them are so intricate they look like paintings. Thanks for sharing these.
ReplyDeleteThey are nicely done. I really like the spider one -- probably because I've been seeing some jumbo spiders since I've been in London!
ReplyDeleteMosaics are always nice. The best I have seen in British Museum.
ReplyDeleteI love the Charlie Chaplin mosaics and how nice that a Street Sweeper gets his own bit of glory.
ReplyDeleteWhat an artwork these mosaics ! It sounds strange to me that they are in Waterloo, I wonder if this place was named after "my" Waterloo ?
ReplyDeleteWow, that is beautiful art. I love it.
ReplyDeleteThe artist who make those piece of art is fabulous...
ReplyDeletelove murals - i especially like the spider's web
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