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.
When I was a young uni student, LS Lowry's figures looked too juvenile to me. But I still would have gone to Lowry's house, absolutely! Even though you declined the offer back then, it is not too late now, is it?
ReplyDeleteLater in my adult life, his grimy city scenes and masses of workers turned out to be fascinating .
Unfortunately he died in 1976 so I missed out on meeting him. There is a gallery devoted to his work in Salford Quays near Manchester which shows the development of his art. His early work is very different and shows how skilful he was.
DeleteThe Hogarth etching is quite graphic and heartbreaking in a way.
ReplyDeleteI'd forgotten about Fake or Fortune. I do like the Turner and Constable painting style. Hogarth's works are always horrible but keep a record of the times. I'm not familiar with Lowry's works but I've seen similar and such works can tell a story without the finest detail.
ReplyDeleteSo many treasures to appreciate. Your photographs illustrate something of the range of artistic talent.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful ❤️
ReplyDeleteWonderful works!
ReplyDeleteYou are so lucky to be able to visit the Tate. We did on one of our visits to UK many years ago.
ReplyDeleteStopping by to tell you I got a phishing email from your email account. I think your email was hacked.
ReplyDelete