Category: Art

Faces at an Exhibition

It used to be called the BP Portrait Award, open to British artists under forty. Lucy Willis won in 1992.

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Hone, Piper and Barillet

The oldest building in Wellingborough is All Hallows, Grade I Listed, dating from 1160. I was in Northamptonshire again this week to see the 20th century windows at All Hallows.

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Evie Hone Stained Glass

Although there are examples of Evie Hone’s pictures in galleries including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Hugh Lane Gallery, and the Tate Gallery, she and Mainie Jellett are not widely known as artists outside Ireland.

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Evie Hone Pictures

Evie Hone’s abstract paintings owe much to her mentor, Albert Gleizes, and I was disappointed not to see this demonstrated in the Jellett/Hone exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland.

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Evie Hone’s Life

Evie Hone is related to me through my Jameson grandmother. She lived at Barmeath in WW II and I saw her greatest work a lot at school. Before looking at this exhibition, on at The National Gallery of Ireland – she was appointed to the Board in 1943 – until August, it is worth reading… Continue reading Evie Hone’s Life

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Big Cats

Museum shops are splendid places to go shopping, particularly for sculptures.

St Matthew’s

There are four exceptional works of modern art in Northamptonshire churches.

Civilisation: A Personal View

John Betjeman described him as “the man who made the best telly you’ve ever seen”. Kenneth Clark was just three years older than JB (KC,born 1903) and just as good a performer in front of a TV camera.

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The Reproaches

The Crucifixion by Giotto (b. 1267 or 1277 – d. 1337 CE). The scene is part of a cycle of frescoes showing the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. (Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, c. 1304 to c. 1315)