Aspects of Post-War British Art
dal 21/10/2011 al 15/12/2011
Segnalato da
21/10/2011
Aspects of Post-War British Art
Austin Desmond Fine Art, London
The exhibition features an overview of painting and sculpture by leading British artists working in England between the immediate post-war years, and the emergence of the so-called New Generation of the late 1960s.
Austin/Desmond Fine Art is pleased to announce its forthcoming
exhibition, Aspects of Post-War British Art. This exhibition
presents an overview of painting and sculpture by leading British
artists working in England between the immediate post-war
years, and the emergence of the so-called New Generation of the
late 1960s. Austin/Desmond has specialized in Modern British
Art for nearly thirty years and is acknowledged as a leading
specialist in this field.
Paintings by Prunella Clough and Keith Vaughan represent a style
of figuration that became known as Neo-romanticism, this home-
grown genre stemmed from the enforced isolation of British art
during the war years and took as reference the pastoral
depictions of earlier English artists such as Palmer and Blake.
In the 1950s there was a growing awareness in England of the new American painting trends, as well as
interest in the School of Paris painting and other European developments. These movements established
a new dialogue between British abstraction and their international counterparts. Painters who were
associated with the St Ives School of abstraction such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth, Roger Hilton
and Terry Frost, exhibited widely in America and Europe during this period and notable paintings by these
artists are included in this exhibition. A dedicated group of British Constructivists began to incorporate
new industrial materials such as Perspex, plastics and metals into their work; an on-going re-evaluation of
this group (represented here by Anthony Hill and Mary Martin) has made them much sought after.
Art played a crucial role in helping shape the perception of Britain - especially London - as the central hub
of the swinging sixties. Young art dealers such as Robert Fraser exhibited paintings by a younger
generation of painters whose cosmopolitan approach influenced fashion and graphic design worldwide.
This show includes major works by Peter Sedgley and Harold Cohen.
Other artists to be shown: Robert Adams, Lynn Chadwick, Alan Davie, John Latham, Alexander Mackenzie,
Henry Moore, John Piper, Bridget Riley, Graham Sutherland, John Tunnard.
Image: Peter Sedgley, Trace No.8, Viridian, 1964
For more information and high-resolution images please contact David Archer:
T +44 (0) 20 7242 4443 d.archer@austindesmond.com
Private View: 22nd November 2011, 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Austin Desmond Fine Art
Pied Bull Yard, 68/69 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BN
Opening hours: Mon–Fri 10.30 – 17.30 pm, Sat 11.00 – 14.30 pm (during exhibition)