Comments on: From Bow To Biennale https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:53:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alan https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-1449256 Sat, 12 Feb 2022 10:53:45 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-1449256 Bought the book after watching a Sky Arts programme. An extensive very detailed history of and introduction to the group. 361 illustrations alone worth the purchase. Only disappointed by the quality of the colour reproduction of a large proportion of the paintings which I discovered to my surprise and delight are a good deal brighter, fresh and sharp when viewed online, particularly as above on this Spitalfields Life site.

]]> By: Brian https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-1241264 Mon, 26 Nov 2018 21:58:05 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-1241264 Fabulous, I love these pictures

]]> By: Mike https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-433966 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 02:28:32 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-433966 I have a. Turpin original painting for sale on eBay right now

]]> By: Gregory Adams https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-401994 Sun, 20 Jul 2014 00:36:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-401994 With thanks to Philippa Cooper, John Cooper’s daughter, and Phyllis Bray, Philippa Cooper’s mother for allowing David Buckman access to the family’s private Red Book and archives twenty or so years ago.

Without this access and first hand account enabled by the auspices of Phillys Bray and Philippa Cooper who shared a home with David Buckman for eight years, this book would not have come to light.

]]> By: Nicholas Sack https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-83817 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:03:47 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-83817 Astonishing pictures: those by Osborne, Hawthorne and Steggles are coolly atmospheric and gently surreal, redolent more of Edward Hopper than Maurice Utrillo. Beautiful form and taut geometry, and a sophisticated colour sense. When will we have the delight of seeing them exhibited?

]]> By: Annabel https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-83528 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:25:14 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-83528 I agree that there is a lot of Edward Hopper in some of these paintings.

]]> By: Betsy Rubin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-78737 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:37:54 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-78737 Haunting, beautiful. Compare “Sunday Morning, Farringdon Rd” by Cecil Osborne ca 1929 to Edward Hopper’s 1930 “Early Sunday Morning” http://www.artcyclopedia.com/feature-hopper-early-sunday-morning.html

]]> By: Ros https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-78735 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:22:29 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-78735 These are just lovely – more wonderful discoveries. I had never heard of the East London Group nor seen any of these paintings – now I think I’ll just have to have the book! So pleased that someone has been doing the research, which clearly hasn’t been easy. The paintings convey tender affection for the area and recognise its beauty. Very strange assortment of clothing portrayed in the picture titled the Salmon and Ball. I recognise where it’s being painted from and the pub is still there I think.

]]> By: Chris F https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-78733 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 21:01:22 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-78733 Sunday Morning, Farringdon Rd by Cecil Osborne & Old Ford Rd by Harold Steggles are my favourites. There must be hundreds of pictures from this group in private hands & belonging to people who don’t know the provenance of the artworks. It makes you wonder how many other groups like this are yet to be discovered…

]]> By: Vicky https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/12/20/from-bow-to-biennale/#comment-78725 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:17:35 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=77063#comment-78725 I really like these. Congratulations David in undertaking so much painstaking work and giving new life to The East London Group. It would be wonderful to have a major exhibition one day. Good luck with the book.

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