Friday, September 25, 2009

Artist Statement: Philippa Blair

“STAGING PAINT” …………………… Philippa Blair 2009

Dynamic structures in these physically demanding new paintings create the dramatic ”stage’ for action and reaction and evolve from the practice of drawing as navigation-

Initially large sometimes interrupted and broken gestures with gesso and paint on canvas, taped lines and calligraphic marks map the new territory and topography from an aerial viewpoint.
Drawing the line with paint. Carving into wet surfaces. Loosening the grip of the grid
New directions from a linear and flexible infrastructure exploring polar opposites, accelerations of movement, resistance and entropy.
Weaving back and forth, uneasy harmonies of opposite forces and impossible battlegrounds. A dizzying array of choices and paths

Inspired by cinematography, dance choreography, theatre of the absurd, musical scores and the presence of Nature. A new working environment in San Pedro, Ca, with its unique light, topography, streetgrit, industrial port and transport system that never sleeps-
Improvisations in an age of anxiety, fragility. Nervous, fractured post-colonial times of friction, contested territories and natural, cultural catastrophes.
Stretching paint on canvas beyond its limits, challenging order, elusive, conceptually questioning, maintaining the artists presence.
Each painting is a seduction adventuring into the unknown

Starting from paper, roadmaps, architectural plans and recycled materials layered into ‘decollages’ then ‘blind ‘rhythmic pencil drawings of movements, speeds, interweavings and imagined structures in space
3D models from willow sticks inspired by the cane/shell navigation charts of early Polynesian seafarers who discovered New Zealand.

Physically confrontational and psychologically puzzling these complex paintings weave, cast spells, dream, fall down, standup, stutter, sing, avoid traps and regroup.
Complex’stages’ and sound tracks where painting is the main event and characters can reveal and dissolve, cropped, cut, abstracted hybrids of change and reconciliation.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Gallery News 23 September 2009: Elisabeth Kruger, Sidney Nolan, John Coburn

83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
tel: 02 9362 0297 fax: 02 9362 0318
email: art@evabreuerartdealer.com.au
website: www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au


New in the gallery

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Climber 2007
oil on linen
153 x 122cm
no.10891


Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger


Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Four rose buds 2007
oil on linen
92 x 122cm
no.10883


Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Cirque 2008
oil on linen
122.5 x 153cm
no.10884


Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Spill 2007
oil on linen
122 x 122cm
no.10885


Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger


Stephen Nothling (b.1962)

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
Cover of darkness 2 2009
oil on canvas
160 x 190cm
no.10879


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Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
In the moonlight 2009
oil on canvas
107 x 70cm
no.10881


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Important Australian paintings

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)

Sir Sidney Nolan (1917-1992)
Untitled (Gallipoli Series) 1960
Ripolin enamel on paper
30.3 x 25.3cm
Signed lower left: Nolan
verso: Oct 20th 1960 / Nolan
no.95999


Provenance: The artist, Private collection Sydney

Nolan's Gallipoli series is the subject of the major exhibition Sidney Nolan: The Gallipoli Series, currently at the Australian War Memorial.

Nolan donated works from this series to the War Memorial in 1978 in honour of his brother who died in an accident before the end of the Second World War.



John Coburn (1925-2006)

John Coburn (1925-2006)
Plants in Moonlight 1972
Oil on canvas
106 x 113cm
Signed 'Coburn' lower right
no.8229

The Garden is an important motif in Coburn’s body of work. There are obvious connotations to the Garden of Eden but of significance are his childhood memories of northern Queensland and the tropical rainforests with their deluge of lush colours.1 As Nadine Amadio explains, “the memory of youth among rich tropical plant growth, of rainforests and tropical jungles, has remained with him as an essential and evocative part of his symbolic language … Sometimes when his foliage and plant shapes have the exotic and overgrown mystery reminiscent of Henri Rousseau, it seems glowingly evident that he is haunted by the world of his earliest childhood.3” In 1953 an exhibition of contemporary French painting by Matisse, Picasso, Leger, Mannessiere de Stael and others was hung at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. French Painting Today made Coburn feel for the first time that here was an art that was relevant to him. Coburn recalled in an interview with Lou Klepac that it was at this point that the Garden became an important subject in his work. He recalled seeing a garden shortly after viewing the exhibition – “I went home that night and did a painting of it. It was an abstract painting, but it was all about that garden and that was my first success as a painter.”2

1 Rozen, A., The Art of John Coburn, Ure Smith, Sydney, 1979, p.8.
2 John Coburn quoted in, Klepac, L., John Coburn: The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press, Roseville, 2003.
3 Amadio, N., John Coburn: Paintings, Craftsman House, Roseville, 1988, p.7.



Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Sunday Morning 2007
oil on canvas
59.5 x 90 cm
signed lower right
no.9715

Often quirky and verging on the surreal, Geoffrey Proud's paintings in oil and pastel are like fractured fairytales. Depicting a world of innocence with a sometimes ominous edge, Proud's paintings are fantastic and bizarre. His choice of subjects is broad, including children and childhood narratives, flowers, still lifes and nudes. Alternating between expressionist impasto brushwork and sensitive detail, he experiments freely with vibrant colour and varying textures. The highly glazed surfaces of his recent oils give his scenes an ethereal and otherworldly quality. Proud has won numerous awards including the Sulman Prize in 1976 for a painting on perspex, and the Archibald prize in 1990 for his portrait of writer Dorothy Hewett. He has exhibited consistently in all state capitals since 1966 and is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; many State and regional gallery collections; Parliament House collections in Canberra and Sydney; Artbank; IBM collection; and the Elton John collection, London.



Brian Dunlop (b.1938)

Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Towards Plato 1
Gouache on paper
33 x 48cm
no.9547

Brian Dunlop is one of Australia's foremost representational painters. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He has won numerous coveted awards including the 1981 Sulman Prize. Dunlop's Large Lagoon 2009 was a finalist in this year's Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize. The above painting is the pair to a similar work which has recently been acquired by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.





Current Exhibition
Closes tomorrow


Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views


Tony Irving (b.1939)
Siesta in Constantina 2009
oil on linen
118 x 151cm
no.10416


Visit our website to view other works by Tony Irving




Upcoming Exhibition

Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us


Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm
by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

Judy Cassab (b.1920)
Red Still Life 2008
Oil on canvas
60 x 44.5 cm
signed 'Cassab 08' lower right
no.10666


Visit our website to view other works by Judy Cassab


John Seed (b.1945)
Into The Wind
Galvanised painted steel
30 x 25 x 35cm


Visit our website to view other works by John Seed




Sale Section

Ray Crooke (b.1922)

Ray Crooke (b.1922)
Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance:
Phillip Bacon Gallery Brisbane
Private collection Sydney
no.10537

Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'

Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.

Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.

Eubena Nampitjin (born c.1921)
Kunawarritjilc
Acrylic on linen
100 x 100cm
Warlayirti Artists #860/04
verso: Warlayirti Artists 1000 x 1000
Eubena Nampitjin 860/04
no.8597a

Eubena Nampitjin is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia.

Eubena has painted some of her country south west of Balgo, along the Canning Stock Route. The circle to the right of the painting represents Kunawarritji (Well 33) and is the place where Eubena would often hunt. The circle to left is a small tjurrnu and a place where women dance. The strong lines in the painting depict the tali (sandhills) that dominate this country.





Graphics: New in the gallery

Anne Smith

Anne Smith
Odalisque I
Etching 14/50
19.5 x 24cm (image)
38 x 57cm (paper)
no.10865


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Wendy Sharpe (b.1960)

Wendy Sharpe (b.1960)
Paris, the Metro
Etching 22/40
22.5 x 29.5cm (image)
3x x 57cm (page)
Editioned L.L., titled L.C., signed 'W. Sharpe' L.R.
no.10870


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Eva Breuer Art Dealer Podcasts

In 2009 the gallery has introduced podcasts (online videos) which appear on the website in conjunction with each exhibition. In addition to exhibitions, the podcasts will also cover the important Australian artists in which the gallery specialises, including Sidney Nolan (below). The podcasts include two minutes of commentary by gallery staff, an interview with each artist and images of the paintings available.

How to Use Podcasts

1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.

Sample Podcast (Click the image to visit the podcast page)


Current Exhibition

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition


Upcoming Exhibitions

September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch

November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Stephen Nothling - Tattersall's Club Landscape Prize Finalist

Stephen Nothling, Morning Tide, Redcliffe, Oil on canvas, 70 x 107 cm

Congratulations to Stephen Nothling whose painting Morning Tide, Redcliffe was selected as a finalist for the Tattersall's Club Landscape Art prize. Click here to view available works by Stephen Nothling from Eva Breuer Art Dealer.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Artist Statement: Michael Muir


Memory and reflection play a large role in the subject matter in this series of paintings. Expanding on personal experience and daily life I have begun to incorporate visual memories and recollections from friends and acquaintances. A strong sense of light is paramount in trying to convey a notion of mood and nostalgia. The continued use of broad flat planes of colour give the landscapes a different sense of reality in which there is a perception of simplicity. The implication of an underlying narrative remains strong within the work.

-Michael Muir, 2009

Opening: Tony Irving

The Tony Irving show, Other places other views, opened last week and if you haven't made it to 83 Moncur street we would like to encourage you to pay a visit before the work comes down on the 25th. The exhibition has a new addition, a lovely gouache sketch of the larger (and very popular) canvas Motel. Please email the gallery for the current pricing and availability of works.

Motel (study) 2009
gouache on arches paper
20 x 27 cm (image size)
no.10874


Opening photographs, 12 September 2009

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Artist Spotlight: Christopher McVinish

Christopher McVinish's exhibition of new work will open on Saturday 5 December from 3-5PM. You can see a preview of this show by clicking here.

Who (or what) do you consider your artistic inspiration?

My artistic inspiration is the world around me. Every time I visit a city, be it New York or Melbourne there is some image that captures my imagination and points me towards a further exploration of my work.


Do you listen to music while you work, and if so, what is most often playing?


I listen to all sorts of music while I work from contemporary Jazz to Ambient to Post Rock. Usually whatever is my latest Amazon Purchase.

Who of your peers do you respect the most?

Of my peers I guess someone like Jeffery Smart but really it would be more International Artists and Photographers like Eric Fischel or Robert Polidori or Gerhard Richter.

Do you have any habits/rituals or strange superstitions when painting?


No rituals or superstitions. Once a painting is drawn up it is full steam ahead.

When did you decide to become an artist?

I started my first oil painting when I was about 12 years old so well before then.

What is your favourite colour?

My favourite colour would to cobalt blue.

Do you have a favourite painting or work of art? If so, what is it?

I don't have one painting that is a favourite but any Vermeer or Rembrandt would be up there and I would kill to own a Joseph Cornell Box.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Painting of the Month: Shead's Monarchy at Sunset

Monarchy at Sunset 1995
Oil on canvas
122 x 155 cm
Signed 'Garry Shead 95' lower left
no.1606

Illustrated: Grishin., S, Garry Shead: Encounters with Royalty,
Craftsman House 1998, plate 3, page 37.

Exhibited: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Touring Exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery, 1998

Provenance: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne

Monarchy at Sunset 1995 is one of the largest major paintings from the early period of the important ‘Royal Suite’ series. The painting is illustrated in the definitive text on the series and is one of the largest paintings from the beginning of this body of work in 1995. The composition is a complex one involving multiple large figures including both the Queen and the Consort. The painting also includes the other essential images from the series: the harbour bridge, the silhouetted kangaroo, the Koala and the sprig of golden wattle. Please contact the gallery for more information or to arrange a viewing.

Garry Shead, winner of the 1993 Archibald Prize, is a noted painter and printmaker whose works highlight a distinctive love of the Australian landscape. He brings romantic and heroic elements to Australian scenes. His Stockman series of paintings of the late 1980s, were followed respectively in the 1990s by the D.H. Lawrence series based on the Lawrence's book "Kangaroo" and the gently satirical "Monarchy" suite of paintings. Represented by the National Gallery of Australia and numerous state and regional galleries, Shead also won the Power studio grant, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris in 1973.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Gallery News 16 September: Elisabeth Kruger, Ray Crooke, Garry Shead


83 Moncur Street Woollahra NSW 2025
tel: 02 9362 0297 fax: 02 9362 0318
email: art@evabreuerartdealer.com.au
website: www.evabreuerartdealer.com.au


Available soon
Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)

The gallery is pleased to announce we will soon be receiving
a number of major paintings by Elisabeth Kruger.

Please contact the gallery for further details.

Elisabeth Kruger (b.1955)
Hook 2008
Oil on linen
60 x 50cm


Visit our website to view other works by Elisabeth Kruger


Focus on Ray Crooke

Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Tahiti c.1962
oil on canvas
74 x 100 cm
signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10529

This very good early 1960's work typifies Crooke's mastery in depicting the density of the lush, green landscape of Australia's tropical north and beyond to Thursday Island, Tahiti and Fiji. Around the time this painting was completed Crooke returned to Cairns to paint full-time, living in the picturesque beach village Yorkeys Knob.

Crooke's broad-leafed tropical vistas in vivid colours and contrasted areas of light and dark, often likened to Gauguin, are among the most important in Australian landscape painting. Both Gauguin and Crooke shared the experience of Island life. Crooke captures the 'essence of Island life, a place where the pattern of life is simple... where there is an innocence of the complexity of life.'

Ray Crooke is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries many regional galleries as well as many other public collections throughout Australia and overseas. He was won numerous coveted awards including 1969 Archibald Prize for his portrait of journalist and novelist George Johnston.

Reference: Island Journal Ray Crooke, Introduction by Peter Denham, Bede Publishing, Australia, p.8.



Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Greetings 2007
oil on canvas on board
59 x 49 cm
Signed: 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Phillip Bacon Galleries
Private collection Sydney
no.10537


Visit our website to view other works by Ray Crooke


Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Untitled (woman)
oil on board
29.5 x 23cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10655


Visit our website to view other works by Ray Crooke


Ray Crooke (b. 1922)
Untitled
oil on board
49.3 x 60cm
Signed 'R Crooke' lower left
Provenance: Private collection Sydney
no.10657


Visit our website to view other works by Ray Crooke




Important Australian Paintings

Garry Shead (b.1942)

Garry Shead (b.1942)
Monarchy at Sunset 1995
Oil on canvas
122 x 155cm
Signed 'Garry Shead 95' lower left
no.1606


Illustrated: Grishin., S, Garry Shead, Encounters with Royalty,
Craftsman House 1998, plate 3, page 37.

Exhibited: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Touring Exhibition, Brisbane City Gallery, 1998

Provenance: Lyall Burton Gallery, Melbourne
Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney

Monarchy at Sunset 1995 is one of the largest major paintings from the early period of the important 'Royal Suite' series.

The painting is illustrated in the definitive text on the series and is one of the largest paintings from the beginning of the series in 1995. The composition is a complex one involving multiple large figures including both the Queen and the Consort. The painting also includes the other essential images of the best paintings of the series; the harbour bridge, the silhouetted kangaroo, the Koala and the sprig of golden wattle. Please contact the gallery for further information or to arrange a viewing.

Visit our website to view other works by Garry Shead


New in the gallery: Garry Shead etching

Garry Shead (b.1942)
The Sacrifice 2009
Multi plate etching 24/65
4 plates with 9 colours
60 x 90cm (plate size)
79 x 108cm (paper size)
Printed by Diane Lewis
no.10860




Brian Dunlop (b.1938)

Brian Dunlop (b.1938)
Lagoon 2009
oil on linen
65.5 x 58cm
no.10315


Visit our website to view other works by Brian Dunlop


Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)

Geoffrey Proud (b. 1946)
Emma – Twilight 2008
oil on canvas
100 x 88cm
no.9841


Visit our website to view other works by Geoffrey Proud


Carl Plate (1909-1977)

Carl Plate (1909-1977)
Third Edge 1961
Oil on board
181 x 121cm
Signed 'Carl Plate '61' lower left
Signed and inscribed with title, verso:
'EDGE/CARL PLATE'
Exhibited: Sydney, Royal Agricultural Show
no.8138

Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.

Carl Plate was born in Perth and studied at the National Art School in Sydney. He then travelled and studied abroad before returning to Sydney in 1940, where he had a remarkable influence on local artists through the establishment of his famous Notanda Gallery in Rowe Street, Sydney. He was a highly gifted painter who moved from figurative abstraction in the 50’s to pure abstraction during the 1960s and 70s.

Plate has won prizes such as the McCaughey Prize in 1968 and the Aubusson Tapestry Prize in 1967. Plate is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, all state galleries, regional galleries in NSW as well as institutions in London, New York, Paris and important corporate and private collections in Australia.

Plate’s Third Edge 1961 is a monumental painting which exemplifies the immediacy found in the very best paintings of this period.

Ena Joyce (b.1926)
Patrick White Country c.1970
Oil on board
35.5 x 50.5 cm
no.5338


Visit our website to view other works by Ena Joyce


Contemporary Painting

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)

Stephen Nothling (b.1962)
Suspending Belief 2005
Oil on canvas
91.5 x 121.5cm
no.8150


Visit our website to view other works by Stephen Nothling




Current Exhibition


Tony Irving (b.1939)
Other places, other views


Tony Irving (b.1939)
Shadows in Time 2009
Oil on linen
137 x 180 cm
no.10639


Tony Irving is one of Australia’s leading contemporary realist painters. He is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Lady Potter Collection as well as numerous other public collections throughout Australia. Irving has held exhibitions in the UK, Indonesia and Singapore. In 1966 he was awarded the coveted McCaughey Prize.

Shadows in Time, based on a street in Castlemaine, Victoria, is a monumental work which brings to mind the vast Venice panoramas of Canaletto. Tony Irving’s exhibition Other places, other views is on view now.





Upcoming Exhibition

Judy Cassab (b.1920) & John Seed (b.1945)
The Two of Us


Opening Wednesday 30 September 6-8pm

Judy Cassab (b.1920)
The Striped Vase 2007
Oil on canvas
31 x 27 cm
signed 'Cassab 07' lower right
Provenance: The artist
no.10669


Visit our website to view other works by Judy Cassab


John Seed (b.1945)
Nautilus
Painted steel
25 x 20cm


Visit our website to view other works by John Seed




Upcoming Exhibitions

Samuel Wade (b.1979)

Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm

Samuel Wade (b.1979)
Platform Composition V 2009
Oil on linen
71 x 91 cm
Signed Same Wade 09 lower right
no.10859


Visit our website to view other works by Sam Wade


Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Euphoria, The Tea Party


Opening Saturday 17 October, 3-5pm

Rosemary Valadon (b.1947)
Arcadia 2009
oil on canvas
75 x 91 cm


Visit our website to view other works by Rosemary Valadon


Madeleine Winch (b.1950)
Scenes from Life

Opening 24 October 2009, 6-8PM
by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO,
Governor of New South Wales

Madeleine Winch (b.1950)
Inner World
oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm


Visit our website to view other works by Madeleine Winch



Doreen Gadsby (Coburn) (b.1926)

Opening Wednesday 11 November 2009, 6-8pm
Paintings now in the gallery to view.

Doreen Gadsby (b.1926)
Hillside - Gourdon 2009
oil on canvas
50 x 50cm


Visit our website to view other works by Doreen Gadsby




Featured Graphic

Margaret Olley (b.1923)

Margaret Olley (b.1923)
Poppies and Checked Cloth
Etching 13/75
multi plate etching (4 plates, 8 colours)
edition of 75 (unframed)
58 x 72 cm (image size)
79 x 108 cm (paper size)
no.9795


Visit our website to view other Important Australian graphics




Eva Breuer Art Dealer Podcasts

In 2009 the gallery has introduced podcasts (online videos) which appear on the website in conjunction with each exhibition. In addition to exhibitions, the podcasts will also cover the important Australian artists in which the gallery specialises, including Sidney Nolan (below). The podcasts include two minutes of commentary by gallery staff, an interview with each artist and images of the paintings available.

How to Use Podcasts

1. Download Apple Quicktime player if is not already installed on your computer. Click here to download the free software.
2. Install Apple Quicktime player.
3. Once installed, visit the Podcast page by clicking here.
4. Click on the image of the podcast you would like to watch and the movie will begin to play.
5. Please ensure your volume is turned on so that the sound is audible.


Sample Podcast (Click the image to visit the podcast page)

Current Exhibition

September
Gallery 1: Tony Irving
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition



Upcoming Exhibitions

September
Gallery 2: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 1: Judy Cassab & John Seed

October
Gallery 1: Spring Exhibition
Gallery 2: Sam Wade
Gallery 2: Rosemary Valadon
Gallery 2: Madeleine Winch


November
Gallery 1: Summer Exhibition
Gallery 2: Doreen Gadsby


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