SIX PAINTINGS FROM THE BRITISH COUNCIL COLLECTION

FITZROY STREET NUDE NO. 2 1916 Sir Matthew Smith (1879 – 1959) P43 © The Artist's Estate
1931-36 (STILL LIFE - GREEK LANDSCAPE) 1931/36 Ben Nicholson (1894 – 1982) P60 © Angela Verren Taunt 2015. All rights reserved, DACS
ECLIPSE OF THE SUNFLOWER 1945 Paul Nash (1889 – 1946) P114
GIRL WITH ROSES 1947/48 Lucian Freud (1922 – 2011) P79 © Lucian Freud Archive, 2014. All Rights Reserved. Bridgeman Art Library
THORN TREES 1945 Graham Sutherland (1903 – 1980) P74 © The Artist's Estate
INDUSTRIAL CITY 1948 Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 – 1976) P30 © (c) The Estate of L. S. Lowry. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2015.

A group of six paintings from the British Council collection sent to Hong Kong to form part of the International Exhibition then being arranged to mark the opening of the new Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

Collection Artist(s)

Lucian Freud
Laurence Stephen Lowry
Paul Nash
Ben Nicholson
Sir Matthew Smith
Graham Sutherland