CONTEMPORARY PAINTINGS
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SUBURBAN GARDENS 1947 Victor Pasmore (1908 – 1998) P16 © Estate of Victor Pasmore. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2015.
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A DANCER IN A GREEN DRESS - MARIE c 1916 Walter Richard Sickert (1860 – 1942) P107
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LANDSCAPE OF THE MEGALITHS 1934 Paul Nash (1889 – 1946) P3
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1931-36 (STILL LIFE - GREEK LANDSCAPE) 1931/36 Ben Nicholson (1894 – 1982) P60 © Angela Verren Taunt 2015. All rights reserved, DACS
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BLUEBELLS, CORNFLOWERS AND RHODODENDRONS 1945 Sir Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) P173 © Estate of Stanley Spencer 2005. All rights reserved, DACS.
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THORN TREES 1945 Graham Sutherland (1903 – 1980) P74 © The Artist's Estate
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FFYNNON LLUGWY 1949 John Piper (1903 – 1992) P129 © The Piper Estate / DACS 2015
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STILL LIFE WITH MANDOLIN 1943 Robert Macbryde (1913 – 1966) P4 © Estate of Robert MacBryde
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INTERIOR 1917 Harold Gilman (1876 – 1912) P138
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HOUSES AND OUTHOUSES, PURBECK 1938 Frances Hodgkins (1869 – 1947) P75 © The Artist's Estate
An exhibition mounted as part of the Canterbury Centenary celebrations. Two of three galleries in the museum covered British painting from Hogarth and Turner; works were drawn from collections in New Zealand and the UK. The third gallery was given over to contemporary works selected by Herbert Read and Basil Taylor.
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Glossary
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Contemporary
Existing or coming into being at the same period; of today or of the present. The term that designates art being made today.
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Painting
Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.