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‘Howzats!’

An Ashes Celebration: An Exhibition of Cricket Cartoons, Chris Beetles Gallery, 8 & 10 Ryder Street
St James’s, London SW1, until Saturday 29 August 2015

SUPERPADS PETER CROSS (Born 1951)

SUPERPADS
PETER CROSS (Born 1951)

A history of cricketing cartoons is a fitting way to mark the English Ashes victory and the final Test Match at the Oval.  It is worth remembering that ten percent of all sales achieved will go to Tim Rice’s cricket charity ‘A Chance to Shine’.

MCC PAINTING COLLECTION DENNIS COMPTON'S CRICKET BOOTS BY VINCENT VAN GOGH LARRY (TERENCE PARKES) (1927-2003)

MCC PAINTING COLLECTION
DENNIS COMPTON’S CRICKET BOOTS BY VINCENT VAN GOGH
LARRY (TERENCE PARKES) (1927-2003)

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WINSTON AT THE NETS (QUESTION TIME) THE MORE BOWLING HE GETS THE BETTER HE LIKES IT EDWARD TENNYSON REED (1860-1933)

WINSTON AT THE NETS (QUESTION TIME)
THE MORE BOWLING HE GETS THE BETTER HE LIKES IT
EDWARD TENNYSON REED (1860-1933)

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PAUL GAUVINIER STRODE IN TO BAT PASSING SID WHO HAD BEEN CAUGHT OUT PAUL COX (Born 1957)

PAUL GAUVINIER STRODE IN TO BAT PASSING SID WHO HAD BEEN CAUGHT OUT
PAUL COX (Born 1957)

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Geraldine Girvan – New Works, Chris Beetles Ltd, 8 & 10 Ryder Street, St James’s, London SW1, until 18 April 2015

GARDEN, LATE SUMMER GERALDINE GIRVAN (Born 1947) SIGNED OIL ON CANVAS 38 X 40 INCHES

GARDEN, LATE SUMMER
GERALDINE GIRVAN (Born 1947)
SIGNED
OIL ON CANVAS
38 X 40 INCHES

The influence of her tutors at Edinburgh College of Art, which included Elizabeth Blackadder, can be easily discerned in these colourful, accomplished works. Like many of her Scottish predecessors she is influenced by French artists such as Matisse and Bonnard and as you can see the resulting watercolours and oils introduce us to a vibrant inviting world.

BLUE TABLE AND POPPIES GERALDINE GIRVAN (Born 1947) SIGNED SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH TITLE ON REVERSE OIL ON CANVAS 28 1/2 X 25 INCHES

BLUE TABLE AND POPPIES
GERALDINE GIRVAN (Born 1947)
SIGNED
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH TITLE ON REVERSE
OIL ON CANVAS
28 1/2 X 25 INCHES

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Seaside Humour

Donald McGill, Chris Beetles Gallery, 8 & 10 Ryder St, St James’s, London SW1

'I'VE GOT THE SACK FROM THE 'BUS DEPOT!' 'WHATEVER FOR?' 'I LET A MAN GO TOO FAR FOR TWOPENCE!!!'

‘I’VE GOT THE SACK FROM THE ‘BUS DEPOT!’
‘WHATEVER FOR?’
‘I LET A MAN GO TOO FAR FOR TWOPENCE!!!’

It is somewhat strange in our age to think that in 1954 cartoonist Donald McGill and his publisher were prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act for those delightful, saucy seaside postcards adorned with revealing costumes, bulging bodies and of course the double-entendres and innuendo that accompanied the images. Many of the postcards in 1954 were destroyed but as so often in history you cannot destroy a good thing and the images have lived on, still popular in the national psyche.

I'M ASTONISHING THE NATIVES HERE

I’M ASTONISHING THE NATIVES HERE

This fun show features over a hundred works from the McGill Museum and Archive which has sadly had to close, a tale told in the accompanying catalogue. The gallery is also launching Bernard Crossley’s Donald McGill: Postcard Artist, the first comprehensive biography on this extraordinary artist

MR. GOODBEARE'S PARLOUR 'MR. GOODBEARE'S PARLOUR WAS PARADISE OF POLISHED WOOD, A HAVEN OF VARNISH.'

MR. GOODBEARE’S PARLOUR
‘MR. GOODBEARE’S PARLOUR WAS PARADISE
OF POLISHED WOOD, A HAVEN OF VARNISH.’

I must also briefly mention the original artwork of Peter MacKarell used in an anthology of poems about antiques. Called ‘GOING FOR A SONG’, it has been compiled and introduced by Bevis Hillier.

 

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THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY at Chris Beetles Gallery

THE LONG NINETEENTH CENTURY – FROM THE FRENCHREVOLUTION TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Chris Beetles Gallery, 8 & 10 Ryder Street, St James’s, London, SW1Y 6QB

 

JOHN VARLEY, OWS (1778-1842) BERRY POMEROY CASTLE, DEVONSHIRE SIGNED WATERCOLOUR 14 1/4 X 20 INCHES

JOHN VARLEY, OWS (1778-1842)
BERRY POMEROY CASTLE, DEVONSHIRE
SIGNED
WATERCOLOUR
14 1/4 X 20 INCHES

The new show ‘The Long Nineteenth Century’ fills all the gallery space and provides a dazzling journey through British Art from 1789 to 1918.  The exhibition is divided into different areas that reflect changes in fashion and society during this period.  These areas include The Experimental Drive in Watercolour, Victorian Landscapes Abroad, Victorian Figures: from Page to Wall, Aestheticism and The First World War among others. 

ARTHUR RACKHAM, VPRWS (1867-1939) THE FISH KING AND THE DOG FISH: ITS HEAD WAS PATTED GRACIOUSLY SIGNED AND DATED 04 PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR 10 3/4 X 9 INCHES PROVENANCE: ALEXANDER MANN, AND BY DESCENT TO LADY PICKTHORNE

ARTHUR RACKHAM, VPRWS (1867-1939)
THE FISH KING AND THE DOG FISH: ITS HEAD WAS PATTED GRACIOUSLY
SIGNED AND DATED 04
PEN INK AND WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR
10 3/4 X 9 INCHES
PROVENANCE: ALEXANDER MANN, AND BY DESCENT TO LADY
PICKTHORNE

 Just as the subject matter varies so does the media in which they are executed – oils, watercolours, photographs, drawings and of course book illustrations and cartoons, number among them.  Artists whose work is displayed include Gillray, Beardsley, Rackham, and Heath Robinson as well as Varley, Roberts, Allingham and Goodwin.  The exhibition is accompanied by a two volume catalogue which I heartily recommend as I do this show!

 

EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888) ST HOSPICE INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND '39' AND DATED '11AM 29 MARCH 1868' SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH COLUMNS OF FIGURES ON REVERSE PEN INK AND PENCIL 7 1/2 X 10 3/4 INCHES

EDWARD LEAR (1812-1888)
ST HOSPICE
INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND ’39’ AND DATED ’11AM 29 MARCH
1868′
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED WITH COLUMNS OF FIGURES ON REVERSE
PEN INK AND PENCIL
7 1/2 X 10 3/4 INCHES

 

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ALBERT GOODWIN, RWS (P1I8S4A5-1932) SIGNED WITH MONOGRAM, INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND DATED 89 WATERCOLOUR ON BOARD 8 3/4 X 13 1/2 INCHES

ALBERT GOODWIN, RWS (P1I8S4A5-1932)
SIGNED WITH MONOGRAM, INSCRIBED WITH TITLE AND DATED 89
WATERCOLOUR ON BOARD
8 3/4 X 13 1/2 INCHES

WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1767-1816) AN INFERIOR MANDARIN OF TURON BAY SIGNED WITH INITIALS WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR 14 3/4 X 9 1/2 INCHES

WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1767-1816)
AN INFERIOR MANDARIN OF TURON BAY
SIGNED WITH INITIALS
WATERCOLOUR WITH BODYCOLOUR
14 3/4 X 9 1/2 INCHES

WILLIAM WALCOT, RBA RE (1874-1943) THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON SIGNED WATERCOLOUR WITH PENCIL AND BODYCOLOUR 7 3/4 X 9 1/2 INCHES

WILLIAM WALCOT, RBA RE (1874-1943)
THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON
SIGNED
WATERCOLOUR WITH PENCIL AND BODYCOLOUR
7 3/4 X 9 1/2 INCHES