"A talk about Buddha" - pencil drawing by William Roberts, c1933
Those of you who 'follow' me - you may have seen the remarkable series of wholefood booklets the covers of which are by this artist in his very striking form. This is from a 1933 book of drawings and shows an inimated discussion 'about Buddha'.
The very cubist or Vorticist artwork is by William Roberts - the rather reclusive mid-twentieth century British artist who had been an official war artist in WW1 and was almost one in WW2 (he fell out with the Advisory Committee apparently!). His own collections have recently been the subject of some interest in that his son died interstate - and the collection, defaulting to the UK Government, has now largely passed to the Tate's collections. The style, in some slight respects, echoes the work of Ravilious or Freedman but with that vorticist catch.
"A talk about Buddha" - pencil drawing by William Roberts, c1933
Those of you who 'follow' me - you may have seen the remarkable series of wholefood booklets the covers of which are by this artist in his very striking form. This is from a 1933 book of drawings and shows an inimated discussion 'about Buddha'.
The very cubist or Vorticist artwork is by William Roberts - the rather reclusive mid-twentieth century British artist who had been an official war artist in WW1 and was almost one in WW2 (he fell out with the Advisory Committee apparently!). His own collections have recently been the subject of some interest in that his son died interstate - and the collection, defaulting to the UK Government, has now largely passed to the Tate's collections. The style, in some slight respects, echoes the work of Ravilious or Freedman but with that vorticist catch.