1930, Edward Burra, The Snack Bar -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: A peculiar tension exists between the customer and the barman slicing the ham in Edward Burra's painting. His work took inspiration from everyday situations, often exaggerating the people he encountered into caricatures. Burra's interest in depicting people on the margins of society, and the pair of high heels standing on a street corner in the background, have led to suggestions that this nighttime scene depicts sex workers. Though not a member of a surrealist group, Burra's uncanny paintings were included in the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London.
1930, Edward Burra, The Snack Bar -- Tate Britain (London)
From the museum label: A peculiar tension exists between the customer and the barman slicing the ham in Edward Burra's painting. His work took inspiration from everyday situations, often exaggerating the people he encountered into caricatures. Burra's interest in depicting people on the margins of society, and the pair of high heels standing on a street corner in the background, have led to suggestions that this nighttime scene depicts sex workers. Though not a member of a surrealist group, Burra's uncanny paintings were included in the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London.