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Lordship Lane station, Dulwich (1871) Displayed now in the National Gallery, this is one of 12 surviving pictures that Camille Pissarro painted while in self-imposed exile in London from late 1870 to mid-1871 during the Franco-Prussian war. When the Prussians invaded Paris in September 1870 and commandeered his house in Louveciennes, to the west of the city, Pissarro and his family moved to London, where his mother and brother were already living. They arrived in early December 1870 and settled briefly in the south London village known then as Lower Norwood, before moving to Upper Norwood (the two parts merged 15 years later). This area of south London was undergoing significant change, as villages and the surrounding countryside were absorbed into the spreading suburbs. All the paintings show places within walking distance of Pissarro’s lodgings, but reveal different aspects of the city. ’Lordship Lane Station, Dulwich’ focuses on the city’s technological modernisation, specifically the railway.
Credit: Camille Pissarro (1830-1903)
TUM image id: 9532648
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London's fairs (1951) Poster by William Roberts William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980) was a pioneer, among English artists, in his use of abstract images. In later years he described his approach as that of an "English Cubist". In the First World War he served as a gunner on the Western Front, and in 1918 became an official war artist. Roberts's first one-man show was at the Chenil Gallery in London in 1923, and a number of his paintings from the twenties were purchased by the Contemporary Art Society for provincial galleries in the UK. In the 1930s, while artistically he was at the top of his game, he struggled financially. This situation became worse during the Second World War – although Roberts did carry out some commissions as a war artist. Roberts is probably best remembered for the large, complex and colourful compositions that he exhibited annually at the Royal Academy summer exhibition from the 1950s until his death. He had a major retrospective at the Tate Gallery in 1965, and was elected a full member of the Royal Academy in 1966. There has recently been a revival of interest in the work of this artist who always worked outside the mainstream.
Credit: William Roberts/London Transport Museum collection
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