Thomas Hennell (1903-1945) Winchcombe Pottery, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
“In ɖ wintr v 1939 an xtrōdnri ātprojct wz bgun. Bnʈ ɖ spectrz v invežn n erı̣l bomñ, ɖ Scīm fr Rcwdñ ɖ Čenjñ Fês v Britn rapidli cmišnd ātists t pênt plêsz n bildñz v caṛcṭristc našnl intrest. Ɖ rzultñ c̣lẋn v ovr 1500 pêntñz crietd a rmāc̣bl, yt hîli ṣlctv, snapšot v a fast-čenjñ cuntri.
Nâ held bî ɖ Victoria n Albt Myziym, Rcwdñ Britn fīčrz mni bytifl wōtrculrz bî pṛlific ātists sč az Jon Pîpr n Ceṇʈ Rântri, alñ wɖ a hôst v lesr-nôn cntribytrz. Bî fôc̣sñ on qayt cwnrz n lôcl sìnz Rcwdñ Britn têcs s off ɖ bītn trac v îconic Britiš landmācs n pôstcād imijz.
Barbara Jones (1912-1978) Cottages at Canford Magna, Dorset. 1942
In adišn t wrcs fṛm ɖ orijinl c̣lẋn, ɖ xibišn wl fīčr a hôst v cntemprri wrcs includñ pêntñz n fôṭgrafs bî Conrad Atcinsn, Ričd Loñ, Dêvid Nash n Lora Oldfīld Fwd. Šôn alñsd ɖz wl b wrcs fṛm ɖ Hrbt’s c̣lẋnz, dpictñ ɖ landscêp v Covntri n Woricšr.
Xibišn ōġnîzd bî ɖ Victoria n Albt Myziym, Lundn”
John Piper, The Tithe Barn, Great Coxwell, Berkshire (detail), 1940
Kenneth Rowntree, The Livermore Tombs, Barnston, Essex. c. 1940
Olive Cook: Disused tin-mine, St Agnes, Cornwall, c.1940, pen and ink, watercolour and bodycolour
S R Badmin: Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire. Watercolour, 1940
George Hooper: Regency House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Pen and ink and watercolour, 1942
“Ɖs xibišn z biyñ brwt t Pliṃʈ ʈancs t a pātnršp btwn Pninsyla Āts, Pliṃʈ Ynivrsti, Pliṃʈ Ātșentr, Pliṃʈ Siti Myziym n Ātgaḷri n Ɖ Gaḷri at Pliṃʈ Colij v Āt.
Xibišn kretd bî Sinʈia Morisn-Bel n Mîc Cołr in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Aḷster Robinsn n Janit Ros
Wōc On: Fṛm Ričd Loñ t Janit Cādif – 40 Yirz v Ātwōcñ gvz an insît intu ɖ rīsnt ātpractis v nirli 40 ātists. Svṛl r inṭnašṇli aclemd, uɖrz r brît ny taḷnts.
Sm v ɖ fīčrd ātists hv crost cuntriz n continnts, līvñ trêsz v ɖer muvmnts upn ɖ land, or hv md epc jrniz alñ historic saits. Uɖrz hv xplord ɖ psbltiz v wōcñ n hâ ɖ we w wōc šoz ɖ wrld hu w r. Fr sm, ɖ wōc itslf z ɖ ātwrc.
Enʈñ els z simpli evidns or dokmntešn capčrd in ɖ fôṭgrafs, objcts or txts fṛm ɖer jrniz.
Rgādls v ɖ landscep or lcešn, jrñ ɖ last for decedz ɖz xplorrz hv md ɖer māc. Wōc On šoz ɖt fṛm landāt t cnspčl āt n fṛm strītftogṛfi t film, mč v ɖ impwtnt āt v âr tîm hz bn crietd ʈru an act v wōcñ.
Xibitñ Ātists
Mrīna Abraṃvič, Fransīs Alīs, Tim Brenn, Atŭl Bāla, Janit Cādif, Sôfi Cal, Rêčl Clūlo, Mîc Cołr, Sẹra Culn, Bradli Dêviz, Cris Druwri, Hêmiš Fltn, Alic Finle, Trêsi Hana, Dan Holdswrʈ, Jêmz Hyġnin, Tim Nôlz, Ričd Loñ, Meḷni Mančo, Pat Naldi n Wendi Crkup, Brūs Nwmn, Jūłn Ôpi, Ñgrid Polād, Sîmn Pôp, plan b, Tim Robinsn, Brindīs Snabynzdotir n Māc Wilsn, Jem Sâɖm, Brendn Stywt Brnz, Brayn Tómsn, Rêčl Rrpca, Ričd Wentwrʈ, Jeṛmi Wŭd, Rîts n Saits, wōcwōcwōc, Caʈrin Yas, Cẹri Yuñ.”