
Cumberland Market, North Side
Robert Bevan (1865-1925)
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Robert Bevan (1865-1925)
Bevan came from a wealthy family and grew up in the countryside where he developed a passion for hunting. He was allowed to give up the family banking business to study art in London and Paris and also spent time at Pont-Aven where he met Gauguin and Renoir. After exhibiting in the 1908 Allied Artists' Association exhibition Bevan was invited to join the Fitzroy Street Group and became a founder member of the Camden Town Group in 1911.
Sickert encouraged Bevan to paint everyday life around his home at Swiss Cottage, near Camden. Bevan had a lifelong love of horses and he focused on this interest in paintings of working horses. This depiction of a race horse sale at Tattersalls, Newmarket is built up of strokes of bright colour, the figures simple and clearly outlined.
← Back to the CollectionMedium | oil on canvas |
Date | 1911 |
Dimensions | 508mm x 610mm |
Acquisition Number | SOTAG : 1974/11 |
Credit Line | Purchased in 1952 through the Chipperfield Bequest Fund |
Robert Bevan (1865-1925)