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Chiswick Reach I

William Townsend, 1948

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Sunset view of the river Thames by a member of the Euston Road school. One of the artist's post-war London landscapes. The capturing of light at the moment between dusk and darkness echoes Whistler and others but has a gritty realism that offered a new perception of urban landscape. The composition has a strong spatial tension, balancing the mass of water against the press of the industrial fringe, the pontoon, barges and tug.

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Title of artwork, date

Chiswick Reach I, 1948

Date supported

2006

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

71.3 x 91.6 cm

Grant

5500

Total cost

12500

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