Oil paint on canvas
Modernity and metropolis
Artworks
Walter Richard Sickert
Camden Town Group
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Tottenham Distillery
Bequeathed by Lady Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 1940
adults
architecture
bar
chair
chef
cooking
domestic
England
furnishings
interiors
London - non-specific
man
menu
objects
people
places
places of entertainment
places of entertainment
public house / bar
reading, writing, printed matter
restaurant
table
trading and commercial
UK countries and regions
UK London
work and occupations
<p>The setting of this picture may be the the pub called 'The Tottenham' at the eastern end of Oxford Street, where Sickert often had lunch. However, the artist Randolph Schwabe recalled in 1943 that there had once been a pub called 'The Tottenham Distillery' near the Slade art school in Bloomsbury, 'an old fashioned tavern where the food was good'.Using economical painting and a small number of colours, Sickert achieves a cohesive and very beautiful design. The surface of the canvas and under-drawing are freely allowed to show through to give textural interest.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
15 May 2010 – 31 July 2010
2010-07-31
15 May 2010 – 31 July 2010
2010-07-31
2010-05-15
The Lightbox (Woking, UK)
http://www.thelightbox.org/
2010-05-15
Sickert at the Lightbox
Loan-out
1 October 2012 – 31 January 2013
2013-01-31
14 January 2013 – 20 January 2013
2013-01-20
2013-01-14
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2012-10-01
Alex Katz: Give me tomorrow
Loan-out
The Tottenham Distillery
support: 508 × 610 mm
frame: 752 × 854 × 91 mm
Bequeathed by Lady Henry Cavendish-Bentinck 1940
<p>The setting of this picture may be the the pub called 'The Tottenham' at the eastern end of Oxford Street, where Sickert often had lunch. However, the artist Randolph Schwabe recalled in 1943 that there had once been a pub called 'The Tottenham Distillery' near the Slade art school in Bloomsbury, 'an old fashioned tavern where the food was good'.<br/>Using economical <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> and a small number of colours, Sickert achieves a cohesive and very beautiful design. The surface of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a> and under-<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> are freely allowed to show through to give <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/impasto" title="Glossary definition for 'Impasto'"><span>textural</span></a> interest.</p>
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