Oil paint on canvas
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Saloon Bar
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1940
actions: expressive
adults
bar
bottle
clothing and personal items
contemplation
drink, beer
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
England
flower
food and drink
furnishings
glass
group
groups
hat
history
interiors
kitchen
Knightsbridge
leisure and pastimes
man
military
military: World War II
newspaper - non-specific
objects
people
places
places of entertainment
plants and flowers
reading, writing, printed matter
recreational activities
smoking
soda syphon
soldier
table
talking
UK countries and regions
UK London
vase
vessels and containers
woman
work and occupations
World War II - non-specific
painting oil paint canvas
16 November 2015 – 13 November 2016
2016-11-13
16 November 2015 – 13 November 2016
2016-11-13
2015-11-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2015-11-16
Art and Alcohol
Collection based display
24 June 2024
24 June 2024
2024-06-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2024-06-24
Archive Gallery: Artists International Association
Collection based display
Saloon Bar
support: 899 × 1104 × 23 mm
frame: 1125 × 1340 × 125 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> 1940
<p><b>N05334</b> SALOON BAR 1940
<br/> 
<br/>Inscr. ‘E le Bas’ b.r. and on stretcher ‘E le Bas 53 Bedford Square. W.C.1. “Saloon Bar” No. 1’.
<br/>Canvas, 34 3/4×43 1/4 (88×110).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1940.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1940 (117).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1940, p.107.</p>
<p>Painted in 1940 in the artist's studio in Bedford Square from studies made in a Knightsbridge pub during the first months of the 1939–45 war (letter from the artist, 27 December 1955).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
<br/></p>

Catalogue entry
2004-07-21T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: expressive adults bar bottle clothing and personal items contemplation drink, beer emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas England flower food and drink furnishings glass group groups hat history interiors kitchen Knightsbridge leisure and pastimes man military military: World War II newspaper - non-specific objects people places places of entertainment plants and flowers reading, writing, printed matter recreational activities smoking soda syphon soldier table talking UK countries and regions UK London vase vessels and containers woman work and occupations World War II - non-specific