GO: ART: BRUSH STROKES.Byline: LUCY BELL LADY Godiva Paintings and Graham Sutherland Graham Vivian Sutherland (August 24, 1903 – February 17, 1980) was an English artist. Early life He was born in Streatham, London, educated at Epsom College, Surrey and Goldsmiths College, University of London. Studies is the latest exhibition on at the Herbert Art Gallery in Coventry. Here you can see Godiva through the eyes of Victorian artists, including two newly acquired pictures for the city's Godiva collection. A drawing of Godiva in her boudoir by Scottish artist Sir Joseph Noel Paton Joseph Noel Paton (13 December 1821 – 26 December 1901) was a Scottish artist, born in Woolers Alley, Dunfermline, Fife. Born to a family of weavers who worked with damask, Joseph continued the families trade for a short time. dates from the mid 1800s. And a cartoon by Nicholas Clerihew cler·i·hew n. A humorous verse, usually consisting of two unmatched rhyming couplets, about a person whose name generally serves as one of the rhymes. Bentley, from about 1950, shows Peeping Tom Peeping Tom stricken blind for peeping as the naked Lady Godiva rode by. [Br. Legend: Brewer Dictionary] See : Blindness Peeping Tom struck blind for peeping at Lady Godiva. [Br. leaning out of a window. Studies of Christ by Graham Sutherland - famous for the tapestry in Coventry Cathedral - are also on show at the gallery. The free exhibition is on until the end of April. WORK by artists from the Rugby area, collected by Rugby Borough Council over the past 20 years, is on show at the town's art gallery in Little Eborow Street. There are 45 paintings, including work by artists John Lines, Cynthia Chandler and Roy Foster. Recent purchases include an abstract piece by Arthur Burgess and ceramics from Carol Wheeler and Bridget Aldridge. The exhibition is on until Sunday, April 7. ARTIST John Devane is holding an exhibition of paintings and prints at the Lanchester Gallery, Coventry University, called Good and Bad Government. John Devane, a principal lecturer at Coventry School of Art and Design, said: "My recent pictures are essentially cityscapes damaged by the ravages rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. of war. The starting point is usually a photojournalistic image of a bomb- damaged city so redolent red·o·lent adj. 1. Having or emitting fragrance; aromatic. 2. Suggestive; reminiscent: a campaign redolent of machine politics. of recent conflicts." The exhibition is open Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, until March 1 AN ART and craft exhibition is being held at St Mark's Church House in Bilton, Rugby, this Sunday, from 11am to 4pm. Admission is 50p. If you want to take part in the exhibition, organised by Friends of St Marks, phone Len Bond on 01788 814224. |
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