Featured Artist
Jacob Epstein
Epstein was commissioned in 1936 to illustrate these poems and he subsequently considered these drawings to be among his most accomplished works, 'I believe only six or seven drawings were wanted, but when I started reading the text with a view to illustrating it, I found the subject so absorbing I made sixty drawings. I believe Mr Macy, who originally asked me to make the drawings, was somewhat taken aback at this over measure ... In these drawings I had tried to represent the spiritual, religious and ecstatic sense of the poems with their tragic and sombre shades, avoiding for the most part those cheap sensual interpretations in illustrations so commonly found in volumes of the Fleurs du Mal.'
Just Arrived
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Pheasant
Sean Jefferson -
Cinnamon and Dirty Violet
Patrick Heron
Welcome to Clerkenwell Fine Art
Clerkenwell Fine Art buy and sell top quality works of art, painting, watercolour painting, oil paintings on canvas, drawings and sculptures from a range of dates and styles. These include Victorian and 19th Century European, Orientalist paintings, Modern British, Abstract art and contemporary art in Cornwall and in London. Our specialities are inspirational and unique nineteenth century, arts and crafts, Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolism and abstract painting.
Situated both in historical Clerkenwell in London and in Cornwall, we exhibit both through our online gallery and at some of the major art fairs including Olympia and Antiques for Everyone. We also hold regular private exhibitions.
The founder Sally Burgess has over ten years experience in the art world and an art history degree from University College London. Having worked closely alongside one of the world's top art dealers, she has dealt with most of the major museums in the UK and USA and has sold works to some of the top art collectors in the world.
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Exhibitons & Fairs
Olympia LIFAF 2010 - Finished
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Articles
This week we are featuring a work about Sean Jefferson.