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Wednesday 31 August 2011

Charleston.

"It will be an odd life, but...it ought to be a good one for painting."the words of the artist Vanessa Bell talking about her life in 1916 when she moved to Charleston Sussex. Charleston became the country home of the Bloomsbury group. The walls, doors and furniture are decorated with art inspired by Italian fresco painting and the Post-Impressionists.





Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex.








Charleston Farmhouse, The Studio.

Sunday 28 August 2011

Bill Brandt British Society 1930's.

Bill Brandt a photographer and photojournalist was born in Hamburg, Germany, son of a British father and German mother In 1933 Brandt moved to London and began documenting all levels of British society.




Parlour maid At The Window Kensington 1939.








Cocktails In A Surrey Garden 1938.







Miss Hibbott, A Lyons Tea Room Waitress 1939.









In A Mayfair Drawing Room 1930's.








Rainswept Roofs 1930's.








Lamplighter Kensington 1930's.








Homes Fit For Heroes 1939-1943.








The English At Home.








Housewife In Bethnal Green 1937.








Parlourmaid And Under Parlourmaid Ready To Serve Dinner 1939.








Piccadilly Circus 1930's.








RMS Queen Elizabeth 1936.








The English At Home 1940.






Wednesday 10 August 2011

The Charles Dickens Museum.

The Novelist Charles Dickens lived in this early 19th century terraced house for three years from 1837 to 1839. This is his only London home to have survived and was acquired by the Dickens fellowship and is now a museum.





The Charles Dickens Museum.






At the age of twelve to pay for his board and to help his family, Dickens began working ten hour days at Warren's Blacking Warehouse. He earned six shillings a week pasting labels on shoe polish. Using his many experiences of life he became one of the most famous writers in the world.




Dickens at the Blacking Warehouse artist's impression by Fred Bernard 1904.







Saturday 6 August 2011

Helen Allingham.

Helen Allingham British Painter, 1848 - 1926.








Eastbourne.











Cat On The Stair.











Baking Bread.











Blowing Bubbles In The Garden.











Feeding The Ducks And Wildfowl.











The Clothes Basket.











Gathering Firewood.











Child With Doll.