CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
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THORNS 1945 Graham Sutherland (1903 – 1980) P2722 © The Artist's Estate
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1926 (STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT - VERSION 2) 1926 Ben Nicholson (1894 – 1982) P2 © Angela Verren Taunt 2015. All rights reserved, DACS
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CAMEL DRIVER, BRITISH DRUZE REGIMENT 1942 Anthony Gross (1895 – 1984) P150 © The Estate of Anthony Gross, RA, CBE
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LIMESTONE QUARRY, LOOSENING STONE 1942 Graham Sutherland (1903 – 1980) P165
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LIMESTONE QUARRY, WORKING AT THE CLIFF-FACE 1943 Graham Sutherland (1903 – 1980) P164
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STILL LIFE WITH MANDOLIN 1943 Robert Macbryde (1913 – 1966) P4 © Estate of Robert MacBryde
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DYING FLOWERS 1944 Lawrence Gowing (1918 – 1991) P10 © The Estate of Sir Lawrence Gowin
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BARBED WIRE- CORNWALL 1943 Rodrigo Moynihan (1910 – 1990) P155
An exhibition of paintings and drawings selected by John Rothenstein, William Coldstream and Allan Gwynne Jones. The selection included works by Royal Academicians: Charles Connard, Augustus John, William McEvoy, William Orpen, Walter Sickert; by members of the New English Art Club: Muirhead Bone, Gwen John, Wilson Steer and Henry Tonks; by the London Group: Graham Bell, Mark Gertler, Lawrence Gowing, Duncan Grant, Victor Pasmore, Matthew Smith. There was also an independent section which included works by Wyndham Lewis, Henry Moore, Robert MacBryde, Ben Nicholson, Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer and Graham Sutherland. A catalogue was published to accompany the show. No ISBN number.
The South African Association of Arts toured the exhibition to Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Bloemfontein, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Durban and Johannesburg. A small section of the show travelled to Southern Rhodesia during September and October 1948, and was shown in Bulawayo, Salisbury, Umtali and Gwelo.
