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Radstock Station Somerset
Noel Brannan
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
11in h x 13in w
watercolour on paper
£460 framed
Item number 1161
Radstock station with the Colliery behind Superb watercolour of Radstock station, part of the Somerset and Devon joint railway. The picture was painted in watercolour with a 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. Watercolour can be a very difficult medium to control resulting in too much merging at the margins where colours meet. Here the artist has been very successful at creating a painting of many colours juxtaposing together to produce a most appealing work. The station was on the Bournemouth to Bath line until the line was closed in the early 1960's. Note the cast iron shelters on both platforms and the pithead winding gear in the background. 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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| Product type |
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painting |
| Date of work |
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1946 |
| How we know the date |
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dated |
| 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 13 |
| 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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1161 |
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below are the keywords we have used. 
painting, watercolour, paper, Radstock Station Somerset, Radstock station with the Colliery behind, Superb watercolour of Radstock station, part of the Somerset and Devon joint railway. The picture was painted in watercolour with a 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. Watercolour can be a very difficult medium to control resulting in too much merging at the margins where colours meet. Here the artist has been very successful at creating a painting of many colours juxtaposing together to produce a most appealing work. The station was on the Bournemouth to Bath line until the line was closed in the early 1960's. Note the cast iron shelters on both platforms and the pithead winding gear in the background., Painted while the artist was resident in Bath, 00.00.1946, Modern British, Representational, townscape, study, transport, representative, coal mining, Victorian cast iron station shelters, Radstock, coal mining, grey, red, yellow |
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