Hi, I am Robjn. I blog about art and write books. My new book on Edward Bawden & Gt Bardfield is out now, as is Nan Youngman and Pictures for Schools.
Cambridge, England
Joined July 2015
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Opening weekend @fryartgallery is always such a joy, and very busy! Join us soon for two fantastic new shows: our permanent collection is celebrated and re-imagined in Fry’s Popular Delights, curated by @mark_hearld and Colin Wilkin, while Michelle Thompson Papercuts: 30 Years of Collage Illustration showcases @mich_tom ‘s stylish and innovative practice, and is curated with Iris Weaver. Fry’s Popular Delights is generously sponsored by Sworders Fine Art Actioneers
#fryartgallery #saffronwalden #essexevents #exhibition
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Thanks @ChuArchives Thanks @LucyCavColl Big Thanks @JackieAshley. Great weekend viewing #film #women #Parliament #Groundbreakers "they did it"! @pollytoynbee @Baronessjenkin @CherishWatton @HarrietHarman linkedin.com/posts/churchill…
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Thanks @ChuArchives Thanks @JackieAshley Thanks @LucyCavColl for a great #Groundbreakers film preview at #Camfest. Thanks #BaronessShephard #AnneCampbell @Baroness_Nichol An important collaboration. @CherishWatton
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Why am I showing you this? All will become clear @moneybox starting just after midday @BBCRadio4 but you must wait til the end to find the answer! Meanwhile - and don't look it up - how many of these to the pound then?
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A gift today to see the bees out in the sunshine for the first time this year and bringing in plenty of pollen.
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Illustration for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland', 1959 edition, by Finnish artist and Moomins creator Tove Jansson #WomensArt
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The Archer statue by Eric Aumonier has stood over the passengers and trains of East Finchley station for 86 years, pointing the way to Central London and beyond. Read more on this icon of the tube network here buff.ly/Fp86ghR
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If you're looking for the perfect Edward Bawden or Eric Ravilious gift this Christmas then there is Looking at Life in an English Village
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The Edward Bawden book Looking at Life in an English Village features all the illustrations from the original King Penguin book - it also has many more works from the Bardfield artists, including a missing illustration from the book.
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#edwardbawden
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Two books out now. Nan Youngman and Pictures for Schools, as well as Edward Bawden's Looking at Life in an English Village.
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Fake or Fortune? – @TheLondonGroup1 archivist David Redfern discusses the potential find of an exciting lost work by Frances Hodgkins.
#FakeorFortune #FrancesHodgkins thelondongroup.com/fake-or-f…
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Artist & educator Nan Youngman #BOTD 1906 in Maidstone, Kent. While a student at the Slade School of Fine Art she adopted her trademark look of trousers and a pudding basin haircut. She famously approached a workman on the street & asked him to open the exhibition "Art for All”.
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The largely untold story of the British artists who did their bit against the Nazis....my review of "Comrades in Art" for today's Observer @ObsNewReview @Tom_Gatti
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As a follow-up to my recent post on the Schools Art Loan Collection, here's a book from @ThatArtBlog on the life and work of Nan Youngman and her role in 'Pictures for Schools':
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