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Our is an ink piece that shows Michael Ayrton’s fascination, or obsession, with Greek mythology – part of our upcoming Ayrton retrospective, opening on 29 May.

Image: Michael Ayrton, Demeter and Kore, 1965 © The Estate of Michael Ayrton. Courtesy of

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2021-04-26

Our is this dramatic Michael Ayrton painting from our upcoming Main Gallery retrospective.

Opens 29 May 👉 https://t.co/230vGWu6ac

Michael Ayrton (1921-1975), Study on the theme of Temptation of St Anthony, 1943. Courtesy of © Estate of the artist

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2021-04-05

This week our is Yacht, pink and green c.1934-8 by Alfred Wallis. Wallis often painted on both sides of boards. This painting has St Ives harbour and Godrevy painted on the other side.

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2021-03-24

As if it's Monday again! This apt 'As If', is by one of the newest artist on the marketplace, Anja Bartelt. Inspired by everyday life, she translates it into whimsical, soft toned images with a glimpse of humour. Shop Now from MeetFrida: https://t.co/8GVVfqR7Fs

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2021-03-22

Sticking with the watercolour theme, our is this new watercolour sketch of the Loire Valley by Andrew Hood (). We love the muted colour palette of this one!

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2021-01-22

Featured Artwork of the Week

Name : Clarian Legarda
Artpage: Sloven

Title : "The Knights and the Queen"

Materials used: Ipad and stylus made in ibis paint x

"Chess is trending and I admired the show, so I made a Queen's Gambit Fanart."

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2020-12-31

Featured Artwork of the Week

Name : Keen Djn
Artpage: https://t.co/QCvq3RQ8ad

Title: Sketch 27-2020

Materials used : Photoshop CC x XP-Pen Artist 13.3

Description : A piece inspired by Lois van Baarle

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2020-12-02

This week's Portrait from the Swindon Collection is by Henry Moore who was a WW2 war artist and regarded as one of the most significant British artists of the 20th century.
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Three Women and a Child
1944

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2020-11-22

Orange Car, 20x20cm - our comes from our book 'Sketches of Europe & Beyond' exploring 's travel inspired drawings. We love the bright colours set against the negative space in this of a street scene in

https://t.co/3PQPGNR8By

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2020-10-20

✨💎 David Altmejd's Anand, 2015 is our

Mostly casting from his own head, David Altmejd is fascinated by creating sculptures of this part of the body, as seen in this piece. A glittery disembodied head, with its face torn off exposing a sparkly inner of quartz.

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2020-10-05

We’re bringing you all the feels with our created by . We’re loving her collage filled with vintage imagery in a “mash-up of Surrealism meets Pop-Art”. For more info on the ultra-talented Maria, simply follow the link: https://t.co/OG02dun7sp

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2020-09-14

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙, 𝟭𝟲𝟱𝟱-𝟲𝟬

➡️ https://t.co/miLLZdJZLr

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2020-08-26

We continue to celebrate the birth of Alfred Wallis with this weeks and it's a double treat this week with Yacht, pink and green (recto) and St Ives harbour and Godrevy (verso) c. 1935-8

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2020-08-19

Have you ever thought of having a snail as a pet? 🐌 Here are some of our favourite animals from the collection! Three Studies of Children (Children and Snail) by Ellen Mary Rope, A Chestnut Carthorse by Henry Davy and Gainsborough's Horse by an unknown artist.

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2020-06-24

For we're sharing three profiles from our collection. 🎨 What's your best side? Show us a profile!

Thomas Woolner, Dorothy Woolner, 1883
British (English School), Cardinal Wolsey
Harriet Churchyard, Kate Churchyard

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2020-05-27

- we couldn't choose just one, so here's a series of iPad drawings by Elaine Jones from her travels around the Greek islands of Halki and Symi last summer!

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2020-05-07

is Joan Semmel's Secret Spaces 1976—a painting of the artist's nude body, as seen from her own perspective. The contours of her form – enlarged & cropped within the frame – begin to resemble lumps in a landscape.
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https://t.co/Mjf0PtwQA9

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2020-03-30