Exhibition
The Working Artist: The East London Group
29 Sep 2017 – 17 Dec 2017
Nunnery Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Event
East End Vernacular Book Launch
10 Oct 2017
Event times
6-8pm
Cost of entry
free
Address
- 183 Bow Road, London, E3 2SJ
- London
- E3 2SJ
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- 205
- Bow Road (Hammersmith & City, District lines)
- Bow Church (DLR)
Event map
About
Join us to celebrate the Gentle Author’s latest book East End Vernacular, Artists who painted London's East End streets in the 20th Century. At 6.30pm The Gentle Author will be introducing his new title as well as signing copies, alongside drinks and live music.
The Gentle Author presents a magnificent selection of pictures – many never published before –revealing the evolution of painting in the East End and tracing the changing character of the streets through the twentieth century.
Among the artists included are John Allin, S R Badmin, Pearl Binder, James Boswell, Roland Collins, Alfred Daniels, Anthony Eyton, Doreen Fletcher, Geoffrey Fletcher, Barnett Freedman, Noel Gibson, Charles Ginner, Lawrence Gowing, Harry T. Harmer, Elwin Hawthorne, Rose Henriques, Dan Jones, Nathaniel Kornbluth, Leon Kossoff, James Mackinnon, Cyril Mann, Jock McFadyen, Ronald Morgan, Grace Oscroft, Peri Parkes, Henry Silk, Harold Steggles, Walter Steggles & Albert Turpin.
The Gentle Author runs the website Spitalfields Life and has published many other titles to date, all which are currently for sale in the Nunnery Gallery shop. Signed copies of all will be available throughout the evening.
