Original design for the ceiling of Bristol council chambers
Artist: John Armstrong (1893 - 1973)
Location: Bristol's City Museum and Art Gallery
Date: circa 1954
Materials: tempera over black chalk on paper
Dimensions: 38.3 x 76.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £2,500 (Total: £12,500)
Vendor: Through Joseph Friedman
Review number: 5362 (2004)
Provenance:
Private collector, perhaps Jeremy Hutchinson; private collector.
Description:
The ceiling design depicts buildings in Bristol at the edge and the centre details sailing ships from different periods of Bristol History. The four corners show the allegorical figures of Enterprise, Wisdom, Industry and Navigation. In the final version the buildings are far more recognisable as Bristol buildings than in this original design.
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