Workshop
Write me a picture - Creative writing workshop
15 Nov 2014
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
Leeds, United Kingdom
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Ed Kluz, 'Blickling Hall', 2014. (c) The Artist
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Edward Bawden, 'An Old Crab and a Young', 1956. (c) The Estate of Edward Bawden
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Edward Ardizzonne, A Windy Day, 1947. (c) The Estate of Edward Ardizonne
Exhibition
Nostalgia & Progress: Illustration after the Second World War
12 Nov 2014 – 28 Feb 2015
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 17:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 17:00
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- University of Leeds
- Parkinson Building, Woodhouse Lane
- Leeds
- LS2 9JT
- United Kingdom
Event map
An exhibition showcasing the work of major post-war British illustrators such as Edward Bawden and Edward Ardizzone, as well as contemporary illustrators inspired by the era.
About
This exhibition continues The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery's exhibition series exploring the history of British book illustration (with Fancy and Imagination: Aubrey Beardsley and the Book Illustrators in 2010 and Austerity & Invention: Illustration Between the Wars in 2012). Nostalgia & Progress: Illustration After the Second World War reviews the fertile period after the Second World War. This era was marked not only by technological progress and innovation - even in the midst of rationing - but also by nostalgia and a romanticising of the pre-war past.
The impact of post-war illustration for contemporary British illustrators has been significant. The exhibition also includes a display of contemporary work by artists who particularly reference this period, including Mark Hearld, Emily Sutton and Ed Kluz. An illustrated catalogue, with new essays on post-war illustration by James Russell, Sarah Butler, Laura Millward and Layla Bloom, will be available for sale in the Gallery shop. A full programme of related events will run alongside the exhibition.
