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Walter Richard Sickert
Camden Town Group
Tate Britain
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Contemporary Art Society
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New Bedford
Bequeathed by Sir Edward Marsh through the Contemporary Art Society 1953
adults
architecture
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Camden, Camden High Street, Bedford Palace of Varieties
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<p>In his youth Sickert had acted on the stage and he often depicted London music halls and their audiences. This theatre in Camden Town, near Sickert’s home in Mornington Crescent, was destroyed by fire in 1896 and subsequently rebuilt as the ‘New Bedford’. Sickert emphasises the splendour and the towering perspective of the grand Edwardian architecture which dwarfs the audience.</p><p>By the 1860s there were over 200 small music halls in London which catered mainly for working class audiences. Sickert was one of the first artists who attempted to record their distinctive atmosphere.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 February 2001 – 2 June 2003
2003-06-02
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2001-02-01
Modern British Art II
Collection based display
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
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
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 March 2013 – 31 May 2013
2013-05-31
1 March 2013 – 31 May 2013
2013-05-31
2013-03-01
Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, USA)
http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp
2013-03-01
Edwardian Opulence
Loan-out
18 September 2021 – 27 February 2022
2022-02-27
18 September 2021 – 27 February 2022
2022-02-27
2021-09-18
Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
2021-09-18
Walter Sickert
Loan-out
31 October 2022
31 October 2022
2022-10-31
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-10-31
Gallery 4
Collection based display
The New Bedford
support: 914 × 356 mm
frame: 1105 × 545 × 62 mm
Bequeathed by Sir Edward Marsh through the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1953
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<p>The music hall was one of Walter Sickert’s most well-known subjects, relating to his days as a stage actor in his youth. He frequently depicted performers on stage, audiences, and music hall architectures in his work. The Bedford Palace of Varieties (known commonly as The New Bedford) was a renovated theatre in Camden Town, located near Sickert’s home on Mornington Crescent. He emphasises the grandness of the hall’s decoration, which towers over the audience. Sickert was one of the first artists who attempted to record the bustling atmosphere of the popular music hall entertainments.</p>
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