- Venue
- Walthamstow Village Window Gallery
- Starts
- Thursday, June 1, 2017
- Ends
- Friday, June 30, 2017
- Address
- 47 Orford Road, Walthamstow, London E17 9NJ
- Location
- London
- Organiser
- Walthamstow Village Window Gallery
Henry Miller Fine Art presents this show of Francis West engravings at Walthamstow Village Window Gallery.
West (1936-2015) was an extraordinary draughtsman, whether painting, drawing or, as here, engraving, his work exudes an inimitable style of its own. Born in 1936 in Fraserborough, a fishing community on the Moray Firth in Scotland, where he spent his formative years. Moving to London, after his National Service mostly spent in Malaysia, he studied at the Chelsea School of Art between 1957 and 1959. Francis’ grandfather, a fisherman and a Sunday painter, thought that art as a profession was no work for a man and his father, also a fisherman was of like mind but unable to influence Francis otherwise.
Francis’ career spanned over 40 years, from his first solo show in 1973, to his final collection of paintings, exhibited posthumously in 2016 by the Megan Piper Gallery; some of which were completed just before his untimely death in December 2015. He leaves an extraordinary body of work, which is a testament to his sustained daily commitment to drawing and painting.
His work is included in public collections, including the British Museum, Pallant House Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, as well as numerous private collections.
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VISIT US
The window gallery is a street-facing-only exhibition space that is visible during daylight hours, and lit until approx. midnight every day. It is close to cafes, bars, shops and restaurants that offer any refreshment you might need.
ON FOOT/PUBLIC TRANSPORT
8 minute walk from Walthamstow Central (Zone 3, Victoria Line or Overground from Liverpool Street or Chingford) 15 minute walk from Wood Street station (Zone 4, Overground from Liverpool Street or Chingford)
. 15 minute walk from Queens Road station (Zone 3, Overground from Gospel Oak to Barking Line, including Kentish Town, Crouch Hill, Blackhorse Road, Leytonstone High Road)
BY CAR
Parking in the area is FREE after 6.30pm and all day Sunday (except in loading/disabled bays etc). At other times ‘permit holder only’ restrictions are in place. Please note that the short shopping section of Orford Road is no entry to traffic (except buses) during the day (10am-10pm) when fines are in place.
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