London Retrospective 5: Dora Carrington at Pallant House Gallery

London diary: Wednesday 12 March

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A day trip with Bev Murray to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester for DORA CARRINGTON: BEYOND BLOOMSBURY. The first major exhibition of Dora Carrington’s work in almost 30 years, it was one of the high points of my trip. 

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1 With Bev Murray (pictured left) outside Pallant House Gallery

2 Self-Portrait, 1913, Dora Carrington

3 Mrs Box, 1919, Dora Carrington

4 Self-Portrait, 1920, Mark Gertler

5 Noel Carrington, c 1920, Dora Carrington

6 Samuel Carrington, 1915, Dora Carrington 

7 Annie Stiles, 1921, Dora Carrington

8 Portrait of Annie, c 1925, Dora Carrington

9 Eggs on a Table, Tidmarsh Mill, Dora Carrington

10 Spanish Boy, 1924, Dora Carrington

11 Gerald Brenan, 1921, Dora Carrington

12 Farm at Watendlath, 1921, Dora Carrington

13 Larrau in the Snow, 1922, Dora Carrington

14 Vermonton, 1923, Dora Carrington

15 David Garnet, 1919, Dora Carrington

16 Lytton Strachey, 1916, Dora Carrington

17 E. M. Forster, 1920, Dora Carrington

18 Catherine Carrington, 1924, Dora Carrington

19 Catherine Carrington sitting for her portrait, 1924

20 Hand-painted HMV Gramophone Cabinet, 1927, Dora Carrington

London Retrospective 4: Tate Britain

London diary: Monday 10 March

Selected gems from a richly rewarding day spent exploring the permanent collection of one of my favourite public galleries, Tate Britain.

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1 Girl with a Kitten, 1947, Lucian Freud

2 Self-Portrait with Badges, 1961, Peter Blake

3  Man in Shower in Beverley Hills, 1964, David Hockney

4 The Identi-Kit Man, 1962, Derek Boshier

5 Chloe Broughton-Leigh, c 1907, Gwen John

6 Self-Portrait, c 1902, Gwen John

7 Tube Shelter Perspective, 1941, Henry Moore

8 Henry Moore and Francis Bacon2

9-10 Honeysuckle, wallpaper design by May Morris (uncredited)

11 Portrait of a Woman, 1911, Augustus John

12 Merry-Go-Round, 1916, Mark Gertler

13 Dante and Gabriel Approaching the Angel who Guards the Entrance to Purgatory, 1824-7, William Blake

14 The Cholmondeley Ladies, c 1600-10, Unknown artist

15-16 A Young Lady Aged 21, possibly Helena Snakenborg, Later Marchioness of Northampton, 1569

17 Installation view. Foreground: Exodus ll, 2001, Mona Hartoum

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London Retrospective 3: Kenwood House

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London diary: Sunday 9 March

Continuing the recap of my recent London sojourn, I revisit some much loved works at another favourite haunt: Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath. 

Apologies for the reflections on the paintings by William Larkin (Images 1-6) which, despite my best efforts, were almost impossible to avoid. 

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My companion Bev Murray and I overheard one of the guides telling a visitor that The Guitar Player by Johannes Vermeer (Image 7 below) is Sir Paul McCartney’s favourite painting. Apparently he lives nearby and calls in especially to see it. 

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1-6: Portraits by Jacobean artist William Larkin.

7 The Guitar Player, 1672, Johannes Vermeer

8 Portrait of the Artist, 1669, Rembrandt van Rijn

9 Portrait of a Lady, 1680, Ferdinand Bol

(Photo credit Image 1: Bev Murray)

London Retrospective 2: National Portrait Gallery and St. Martin-in-the-Fields

London diary 2: Saturday 8 March 

An afternoon in the National Portrait Gallery and an evening of candlelit Gershwin, Price, Copland and Shostakovich at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, accompanied in the latter by my London-based friend, Bev Murray.

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1 Queen Mary, 1544, attributed to ‘Master John’

2 Queen Elizabeth 1, 1575, unknown artist

3 Queen Elizabeth 1, about 1600, unknown artist

4 Katherine Parr, about 1545, unknown artist

5 Jane Seymour, mid-16th century, Studio of Hans Holbein the Younger

6 Anne Boleyn, about 1500-36, unknown artist

7-8 The Phoenix Portrait, Queen Elizabeth 1, about 1575, Nicholas Hilliard

9 Queen Elizabeth 1, 1572, Nicholas Hilliard

10 Sir Walter Raleigh, about 1585, Nicholas Hilliard

11  Self-portrait with model Ella Louise Naper, 1913, Dame Laura Knight

12 Virginia Woolf, 1912, Vanessa Bell

13 Vanessa Bell, about 1913, Duncan Grant

14 Gwen John, about 1900, Self-portrait

15 Germaine Greer, 1995, Paula Rego

16 Gluck, Self-portrait, 1942

17 Portrait, Eyes Lowered, 2019, Celia Paul

18-20  St. Martin-in-the Fields with Bev Murray