Original design for the ceiling of Bristol council chambers

John Armstrong (1893 - 1973)

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

circa 1954

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.

• Medium: tempera over black chalk on paper
• Dimensions: 38.3 x 76.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £2500 ( Total: £12,500)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Through Joseph Friedman

Provenance

Private collector, perhaps Jeremy Hutchinson; private collector.

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