Comments on: The Gentle Author At Bishopsgate Institute

By: Ade Callaghan

Ade Callaghan — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 19:54:28 +0000

Thank you TGA.

A couple of the images took me back a few years.

‘Petticoat Lane’ – Dad took me there as a kid in the early 1960’s. Looking back I think it was as an education into how some people have to live their lives.

‘House in the East’ – Just like my nan’s house 50+ years ago with it’s outside toilet and back yard.

‘Aldgate East’ – I passed through regularly, though it was usually packed with people. The picture looks like a train will appear any minute.

Thank you TGA and best wishes for your forthcoming event. Ade.

By: Nicholas Borden

Nicholas Borden — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:57:26 +0000

Highly original idea to come up with this but to actually take this seed of an idea through to successful publication is a real acheivement in anyones eyes.

By: Jim Lyons

Jim Lyons — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:20:23 +0000

I am unhappy that I live in the US and cannot attend this lecture. Is there a podcast or something like that which I could listen to?

By: Gilda Haber, PhD

Gilda Haber, PhD — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 15:47:37 +0000

As an old East Ender now living in the U .S. former Spitalfield Girls High School, and loved the old Spitalfield Market where men carried baskets of fruit or vegetables on the heads. My friend Joycey Kennel and I used to roam through the East End Museum, forget th e name also Barmy Park. WE poassed street artists drawing chalked pictures on the pavements. I am enchanted by the photos and paintings. However, why was nothing of Jewish East London ever presented. In the twenties to post war, there was a large Jewish (also docker and Irish) population. There was a Yiddish Club in Whitechapel. I lived on Vallance Road, Columbia Road, my granparents near Whitechapel and on Wilkes St. My grandpanrents and parents had shops, there were many synagogues one of note from the Sephardic community. There was also anti-Semitism see the Cable Street Battle described in my book, Cockney Girl. I have photos of this battle in my book. I personally knew Fishman. However, I enjjoy your depictions and wish u had a name. Why does the Gentle Author gives no name. Is he a ghost?

Gilda Haber, PhD

By: Saba

Saba — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 14:09:21 +0000

Wonderful art, a gift to all your Gentle Readers! One thing I do wish for — when possible, please note the medium. Saturated watercolor and oil on board look much the same — to me, at least — when reproduced in a small photograph.

I never miss this blog and am rereading Brian Selnick’s The Marvels and seeing everything through Spitalfieldslife eyes.

I am snowbound in upstate New York, so shall not attend the lecture. But, all the best to you and your guests for the evening.

By: Lynne Perrella

Lynne Perrella — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:35:53 +0000

Another opportunity to say: This is a stunning volume. If you’ve been following the serialized stories of the artists here (of course you have!) it is pure luxury to have ALL of the artwork between two beautifully-designed covers. You will find your favorites, and re-discover new ones.
This book has been put together with a dedication that absolutely shines on each page. The stories are collected respectfully and lovingly, and the artwork has been arranged in an astute and always-sensitive way. In short, this book allows the reader to discover a curated community of remarkable souls who also happened to be gifted distinctive artists.
London’s own, proudly presented. Take a bow, GA.

By: Phil Maxwell

Phil Maxwell — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 12:26:15 +0000

I’m delighted that the Bishopsgate Institute is hosting this lecture by TGA. Some time ago events like this were commonplace at the Institute. I hope this is the start of a new trend.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 10:00:56 +0000

Impeccable timing of today’s post having seen the amazing East London Group ‘Mile End to Mayfair’ exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery just yesterday, featuring many of the artists you mentioned and pictured. (And indeed some of the actual paintings you posted).
They are such evocative paintings of this vanishing, much-altered area of London; it was also interesting to see images of other parts of the country they visited – Northumberland, Sussex, Dorset and Essex. Also the parallels with Ravilious, Nash and the Bloomsbury Group.
They deserve greater exposure and appreciation.
Your book is on my birthday wish list!

By: John Barrett

John Barrett — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 08:56:04 +0000

I particularly liked the picture by Barnett Freedman ‘A Street Scene’ 1933 Tate Gallery. Because its frozen in time, so different from the rest. John a bus pass poet

By: Melvyn Brooks

Melvyn Brooks — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 06:28:35 +0000

I have received my copy of East End Vernacular and it now has an honoured place in my library here in Karkur, Israel. I envy all you fortunate people who willattend the lecture at the Bishopsgate Institute later this month by TGA. I’m sure it will be a sell out. Enjoy and learn.
My best wishes from a rainy and cold Israel.
Melvyn Brooks