CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING
Highlights
Artists (29)
- John Arthur Malcolm Aldridge
- Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
- Prunella Clough
- Sir William Coldstream
- Robert Colquhoun
- John Craxton
- Sir Terry Frost
- Harold Gilman
- Charles Ginner
- Spencer Gore
- Duncan Grant
- Patrick Heron
- Ivon Hitchens
- Robert Macbryde
- Kenneth Martin
- Lord Methuen
- Paul Nash
- Ben Nicholson
- Winifred Nicholson
- Victor Pasmore
- John Piper
- William Roberts
- Walter Richard Sickert
- Sir Matthew Smith
- Ruskin Spear
- Sir Stanley Spencer
- Graham Sutherland
- Geoffery Tibble
- John Wells
An exhibition of 48 paintings selected by Calin MacInnes, Michael Middleton and Nan Youngman from the British Council Collection. The idea for this exhibition came as the result of a lecture tour in East Africa in 1955 given by Colin McInnes, who reported back on the need for an 'exhibition of originals for a public, which, while full of enthusiasm had had little or no opportunity for seeing western painting other than in reproduction'. A catalogue, with an introduction by Michael Middleton, was published to accompany the show. No ISBN number.
The exhibition toured in Central and East Africa: Uganda; in February 1957 in Moshi, Tanganyika; Zanzibar; in March 1957 in Blantyre-Limbe, Nyasaland; in June 1957 in Ndola, Rhodesia; and Dar-es-Salaam,Tanzania and from 5 March to 2 April 1959 in Mauritius.
Glossary
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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.
Past venues
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Mauritius, Mauritius
- 05 March 1959 − 02 April 1959
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South Africa, Port Elizabeth, King George VI Art Gallery
- 01 November 1958 − 30 January 1959
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Dar Es Salaam
- 01 July 1958 − 01 August 1958
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Rhodesia, Ndola
- 01 June 1958 − 11 June 1958
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Uganda, Kampala, British Council Office - Kampala
- 01 January 1958 − 01 February 1958
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Kenya, Mombassa, Mombassa
- 24 June 1957 − 24 July 1957
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Kenya, Nairobi, National Gallery And Museum
- 10 June 1957 − 20 June 1957
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Zanzibar
- 01 April 1957 − 01 May 1957
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Blantyre-Limbe
- 01 March 1957 − 01 April 1957
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Moshi
- 01 February 1957 − 27 February 1957
