Restless Times; Art in Britain 1914 - 1945
A recent visit to the Restless Times exhibition in Sheffield broadened my awareness of pre and post war artwork. The works in the gallery range from sketches to paintings to sculptures and prove that the first half of the twentieth century were some of the most destructive yet creative decades.
A few pieces that caught my eye were by Eric Ravilious, his series of oil-painted canvas entitled Train Landscape, Chalk Paths and The Westbury Horse. A sculpture by Henri Gaudier also caught my eye, Bird Swallowing A Fish (1913 - 1914) is a bronze sculpture widely influenced by Gaudiers' studies of primitive art.
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