I visited the Tate Britain art gallery this week to see the excellent Turner and Constable exhibition, more about that in another post. I was there early and went to see a few of my favourite British paintings from the permanent collection at Tate Britain.
The familiar stick like figures of LS Lowry. I am from Stretford, Manchester and his work reminds me of places visited whilst a child. of my childhood in that area. When I was about 16, a school friend asked if I wanted to go with her to Lowry's house as she knew where he lived. I stupidly declined the offer. She did go and managed to speak to him and came away with a small sketch.
My interest in art started as a schoolchild in Manchester visiting galleries there, especially the Whitworth gallery which had a good collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings.
I only ever think of Elizabeth Frink as a sculptor so I was surprised to see her drawings in the gallery which was very naive of me as being a sculptor would also mean that you are probably a very good draughtsman as well.
I like Henry Moore's sculptures. Fortunately many are in outdoor public places where it is possible to touch them as I find them so tactile.
This painting came to light in Series 7 (2018) of the BBC show: Fake or Fortune? when it was authenticated as a painting by Emma Soyer. It is now on loan to the Tate.
Hogarth's drawings/etchings told us much about London during the 17th and 18th centuries.
I come to the Tate to see the exhibitions but I must return to look at more of the paintings in the permanent collection here as there is so much to see in rooms that are rarely crowded.
