Careby Cross with Hollyhocks
Artist
John Piper
(1903 - 1992)
Date1951
MediumGouache, ink, wax media and watercolour on heavy duty, textured paper
Dimensions68.6 x 50.9 cms -edited 2024
ClassificationsCollage
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Donated by the Friends of the National Collections of Ireland, 1953.
Object number1043
DescriptionOfficial World War II artist and pioneer of modern British art, John Piper, often captured churches, landmarks, and damaged or destroyed buildings in the British landscape. Here he depicts a stone cross in Careby, a village in Lincolnshire. In the 1930s, Piper joined The London Group and exhibited alongside sculptors Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.On View
On view
Evie Sydney Hone
