Went to Compton Verney to see this exhibition today.
I’m not the biggest fan of watercolours but there were some interesting works here from Ravilious and his friends and contemporaries.
The design parts did nothing for me, but when you have a Nash landscape in front of you, you have to pay attention!
Here are a few from tbe exhibition and I would point you in the direction of Ravilious’s war work.
Paul Nash
The Shore Dymchurch 1922
Watercolour and pencil
Eric Ravilious
Waterwheel 1934
Watercolour and pencil
Eric Ravilious
Westbury Horse 1939
Watercolour and pencil
Paul Nash
Frozen Lake 1928
Watercolour, pencil and chalk
Eric Ravilious
The Dolly Engine 1934
Watercolour and pencil
Eric Ravilious
Cement Works 1934
Watercolour and pencil
Eric Ravilious
Paddle steamers at night 1938
John Nash
Nocturne, Bristol Docks 1938
Watercolour and pencil
Painted together – same night as Kristallnacht!
Eric Ravilious
Beachy Head 1939
Watercolour and pencil
Paul Nash
Target Area:Whitley Bombers over Berlin 1940
Watercolour
Eric Ravilious
HMS Glorious in the Arctic 1940
Passing the Bell Rock 1940
HMS Ark Royal in Action 1940*
Norway 1940
Barnett Freedman
15 inch gun turret 1942
Lithograph
travels with my art 