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Blackpool Rail Bridge
Noel Brannan
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
11in h x 14in w
watercolour on paper
£460 framed
Item number 1169
A railway bridge with a train passing over in Blackpool A fine watercolour of a railway bridge over a road with a train passing in Blackpool. It is a lovely picture executed in muted tones over a feint drawn outline with a thin detailing of pen and ink to highlight the architectural forms. This was a rapidly painted work using broad brush strokes and a dry brush thereby allowing the underlying paper to show through and produce the white areas. If you study the picture using the zoom facility, you will see how the artist has used pen and ink to superb effect to indicate shadows under the bridge. This picture has been stored in a portfolio for 60 years, we are reasonably confidant that these are the original colours painted and that there is virtually no fading. The bridge has a large advert for Magee's crown ale, a now defunct brewery company from Bolton. This is a fine record of life in 1940's Britain when people queued at the bus stop and car ownership was rare.
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| About the artist
Born: 1924
Died: 2004
Noel Brannan was a pupil of the Lincoln College of art. He was fortunate that his father was a Professional artist and taught his son from an early age. After working for the Admiralty he became an art teacher, exhibiting widely , including the Royal academy. His work was included in the influential Book of the early 1950's "Artist's of fame and promise. Read an account of this artistic family by Noel's wife, Mavis Brannan, at www.room4art.com/The-Artistic-Brannans.
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painting |
| Date of work |
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1947 |
| How we know the date |
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the artist's widow |
| The last owner of the work |
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the artist's widow |
| How we know who the artist is |
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artist's widow |
| How we know the subject |
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Artist's widow |
| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
| Approach |
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townscape study representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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11 x 14 |
| Condition of work |
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very good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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1 |
| Item number |
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1169 |
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So that you know how we have indexed this picture,
below are the keywords we have used. 
painting, watercolour, paper, Blackpool Rail Bridge, A railway bridge with a train passing over in Blackpool, A fine watercolour of a railway bridge over a road with a train passing in Blackpool. It is a lovely picture executed in muted tones over a feint drawn outline with a thin detailing of pen and ink to highlight the architectural forms. This was a rapidly painted work using broad brush strokes and a dry brush thereby allowing the underlying paper to show through and produce the white areas. If you study the picture using the zoom facility, you will see how the artist has used pen and ink to superb effect to indicate shadows under the bridge. This picture has been stored in a portfolio for 60 years, we are reasonably confidant that these are the original colours painted and that there is virtually no fading. The bridge has a large advert for Magee's crown ale, a now defunct brewery company from Bolton. This is a fine record of life in 1940's Britain when people queued at the bus stop and car ownership was rare., 00.00.1947, Modern British, Representational, townscape, study, transport, representative, Waiting for a bus, railway bridge, Blackpool, street lamp, purple, grey, green |
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