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21st Century

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The twentieth century was a period of significant change and tumult, including unprecedented freedom of expression in art. A plethora of vibrant movements and groups emerged and flourished, from the influential Bloomsbury Group to the St Ives School. It represents one of the most exciting periods in British art.

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Arched and High (2023)
Laura Smith NEAC

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View fullsize I am so pleased to have finally added one of Maggi Hambling’s energetic and evocative sea paintings to the collection. “The approach of a distant wave gathering momentum is exciting. Then it becomes solid, reaches its climax, dissolves a
View fullsize Degas appreciation
View fullsize West London looking mighty fine in the late autumn sun 🍁
View fullsize “It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.” Frank Auerbach (1931-2024)
View fullsize Fireworks in painting Frederick Gore Theodore Earl Butler Ben Nicholson Walter Greaves Helen Frankenthaler Fred Cuming Antonion Zeno Shindler
View fullsize Inspiration: John Bratby (1928-1992) founded the kitchen sink realism style of art that was influential in the late 1950s. In the 1970s, he adopted a highly charged Fauvist palette. “Raw and vital, Bratby’s best paintings have a life-enh
View fullsize Sir Roger de Grey (1918-1995) had a distinguished career as a landscape painter and teacher. De Grey used a limited range of colour and directional brushstrokes grouped into blocks to suggest form and structure. “I get so excited by achieving
View fullsize For sale: An exceptionally executed and engaging still life painting by Laura Smith. More details on my website. ‘Arched and High’ Oil on canvas
25.4 x 40.6 cm
2023 “In my paintings, I aim to elevate the ordinary things around us
View fullsize Hammersmith Bridge in the fog this morning evoking Spear, Sickert and Seago.
View fullsize SOLD: The Strata from Borough High Street (2017) by Benjamin Hope. “I was painting around there a lot at the time partly because I was due to be part of an exhibition the following year in the Menier Chocolate Factory, just up the road. I&rsqu
View fullsize Under a Dorset sky
View fullsize One more beauty from the @britishartfair by David Bomberg (Calle San Pedro, Cuenca, 1934) @osbornesamuelgallery