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Two East End Vernacular Lectures

November 11, 2017
by the gentle author

I have illustrated lectures on the subject of  EAST END VERNACULAR, Artists who painted London’s East End streets in the 20th century coming up in Whitechapel on Thursday 17th November and in Shoreditch on 21st November.

I shall be showing the paintings and telling the stories that lie behind their creation, including work by John Allin, S. R. Badmin, Pearl Binder, Dorothy Bishop, James Boswell, Roland Collins, Alfred Daniels, Anthony Eyton, Doreen Fletcher, Geoffrey Fletcher, Barnett Freedman, Noel Gibson, Charles Ginner, Lawrence Gowing, Harry T. Harmer, Elwin Hawthorne, Rose Henriques, Dan Jones, Nathaniel Kornbluth,Leon Kossoff, James Mackinnon, Cyril Mann, Jock McFadyen, Ronald Morgan, Grace Oscroft, Peri Parkes, Henry Silk, Harold Steggles, Walter Steggles & Albert Turpin.

Whitechapel High St, 1869 by Edwin Edwards

7pm Friday 17th November at Idea Store, Whitechapel, opening the Write Idea Festival 2017. Click here to book.

Arnold Circus, 1990-92 by Peri Parkes

6:30pm Tuesday 21st November at Calvert 22 Foundation, 22 Calvert Avenue, E2 7JP, as part of the Friends of Arnold Circus AGM. Click here to book.


Click here to order a copy of EAST END END VERNACULAR for £25


2 Responses leave one →
  1. Greg Tingey permalink
    November 11, 2017

    This Thursday is showing as “sold out” & I can’t make the 21st …..
    So it goes

  2. the gentle author permalink*
    November 11, 2017

    Sorry to disappoint you, Greg. I will be doing more in the New Year.

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