It is my great pleasure to curate a room of paintings from my book EAST END VERNACULAR, Artists who painted London’s East End streets in the 20th century, alongside a room of previously un-exhibited watercolours from the thirties by East End artist Henry Silk (1883-1948) at Abbott & Holder in Museum St, Bloomsbury. The exhibition opens at 6pm on Thursday 18th January and runs until Saturday 10th February.
As a complement to the work of Henry Silk who was one of the leading figures of the East London Group in the thirties, I have chosen a selection of paintings by post-war and contemporary artists who took the legacy forward. My selection includes a picture by Roland Collins from the fifties, rarely seen works by John Allin and Dan Jones from the seventies, Doreen Fletcher’s and Peri Parkes’ paintings from the eighties and concludes with recent works by James Mackinnon and Nicholas Borden.
Together these pictures illustrate an extraordinary and vital continuum of painting in the East End which spans the twentieth century and extends into our own time.
If you would like to attend my gallery talk at 6:30pm on Thursday 25th January, please call 020 7637 3981 to reserve a place.
WATERCOLOURS BY HENRY SILK TO BE EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME
Railway from Rounton Road, Bow
Factories in Bow
Street scene, Bow
Street scene
Approach to Victoria Park
Pond, Victoria Park
Boat Houses, Victoria Park
Blossom in the garden, Rounton Rd, Bow
If any readers can further identify the locations of any of these Henry Silk watercolours please get in touch.
ABBOTT & HOLDER, 30 MUSEUM ST, BLOOMSBURY, WC1A 1LH
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