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Blitzed Buildings Bath
Noel Brannan
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
11in h x 15in w
watercolour on paper
£350 framed
Item number 1156
2 destroyed houses from the blitz in bath A marvellous piece of painting recording the social history of the 2nd world war in Bath. It is a lovely watercolour painted in muted shades of washes. The picture was painted in watercolour with a thin detailing of pen and ink to highlight the architectural forms. This was a rapidly painted work using broad brush strokes with limited amounts of paint thereby allowing the underlying paper to show through and produce the white areas. If you study the picture using the zoom facility, you will be able to see how the artist has controlled the paint with very fixed boundaries. Given that the work has been stored in a portfolio for 60 years, we are reasonably confidant that these are the original colours painted. Bath had avoided any intentional bombing during the early years of the Second World War but as a reprisal for the RAF raid on Lubeck, the city was targeted in April 1942. 900 houses were completely destroyed and over 400 people killed. Today the city shows little sign of the wartime damage. If anyone knows the location of this street and it's subsequent history, please contact us at manager@room4art.com Painted while the artist was resident in Bath
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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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1946 |
| 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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Inscribed on the reverse |
| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Representational |
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townscape study representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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11 x 15 |
| 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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1156 |
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below are the keywords we have used. 
painting, watercolour, paper, Blitzed Buildings Bath, 2 destroyed houses from the blitz in bath, A marvellous piece of painting recording the social history of the 2nd world war in Bath. It is a lovely watercolour painted in muted shades of washes. The picture was painted in watercolour with a thin detailing of pen and ink to highlight the architectural forms. This was a rapidly painted work using broad brush strokes with limited amounts of paint thereby allowing the underlying paper to show through and produce the white areas. If you study the picture using the zoom facility, you will be able to see how the artist has controlled the paint with very fixed boundaries. Given that the work has been stored in a portfolio for 60 years, we are reasonably confidant that these are the original colours painted. Bath had avoided any intentional bombing during the early years of the Second World War but as a reprisal for the RAF raid on Lubeck, the city was targeted in April 1942. 900 houses were completely destroyed and over 400 people killed. Today the city shows little sign of the wartime damage. If anyone knows the location of this street and it's subsequent history, please contact us at manager@room4art.com, Painted while the artist was resident in Bath, 00.00.1946, Modern British, Representational, townscape, study, historical, representative, demolished houses, clouds, Bath, red, blue, green |
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