Oil paint on canvas
Modernity and metropolis
Social class and social type
Artworks
Robert Bevan
Third exhibition, December 1912
Camden Town Group
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Chantrey Bequest
Collection
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Horse Sale at Barbican
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1934
actions: expressive
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
Barbican - non-specific
cane / walking stick
clothing and personal items
crowd
England
equestrian and sporting
groom
groups
hat, cap
horse
man
market
noticeboard
objects
people
places
public and municipal
reading, writing, printed matter
shop
talking
trader
trading and commercial
UK countries and regions
UK London
work and occupations
<p>Bevan was influenced by Walter Sickert’s advice that artists should find subjects in everyday London life. This is one of his many pictures of horses. It shows a horse sale at Barbican, in Aldersgate in the city. The auctioneer stands in the decorated box in the background, surrounded by a large group of bidders. Horses were still common in London but the advent of the motor car had suggested that their days were numbered.The flat and textured colours of this work show the influence of the French Post-Impressionist artist Gauguin, whom Bevan met in Brittany in 1893.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2007</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
5 May 2003 – 13 April 2004
2004-04-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-05-05
London: Modern City
Collection based display
17 May 2004 – 9 December 2007
2007-12-09
17 May 2004 – 9 December 2007
2007-12-09
2004-05-17
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-05-17
Modern Figures
Collection based display
13 February 2008 – 4 May 2008
2008-05-04
13 February 2008 – 4 May 2008
2008-05-04
2008-02-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2008-02-13
Camden Town Group
Exhibition
26 September 2008 – 31 March 2009
2009-03-31
26 September 2008 – 7 December 2008
2008-12-07
2008-09-26
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
1 January 2009 – 31 March 2009
2009-03-31
2009-01-01
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal, UK)
http://www.abbothall.org.uk
2008-09-26
Robert Bevan and the Cumberland Market Group
Loan-out
Horse Sale at the Barbican
support: 787 × 1219 mm
frame: 1090 × 1444 × 93 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1934
<p>Bevan was influenced by Walter Sickert’s advice that artists should find subjects in everyday London life. This is one of his many pictures of horses. It shows a horse sale at Barbican, in Aldersgate in the city. The auctioneer stands in the decorated box in the background, surrounded by a large group of bidders. Horses were still common in London but the advent of the motor car had suggested that their days were numbered.The flat and textured colours of this work show the influence of the French Post-Impressionist artist Gauguin, whom Bevan met in Brittany in 1893.</p>

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actions: expressive adults animals: mammals architecture Barbican - non-specific cane / walking stick clothing and personal items crowd England equestrian and sporting groom groups hat, cap horse man market noticeboard objects people places public and municipal reading, writing, printed matter shop talking trader trading and commercial UK countries and regions UK London work and occupations