Oil paint on canvas
Modernity and metropolis
Artworks
Stanislawa de Karlowska
Camden Town Group
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Fried Fish Shop
Presented by the artist's family 1954
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
eating
eating and drinking
England
evening
fish and chips
food and drink
group
groups
leisure and pastimes
London - non-specific
man
objects
people
places
public and municipal
shop
shopkeeper
times of the day
trading and commercial
UK countries and regions
UK London
walking
woman
work and occupations
<p>Fried fish and chips shops were found in large numbers in London at this time. The food became a staple of a working-class diet. De Karlowska focuses on the figures queuing up to be served. There is a strong sense of London life glimpsed in passing. She also captures the fall of yellow gaslight, penetrating the gloom of the street. When the picture was first exhibited, a reviewer commented, ‘Restful indeed are the quiet subtle harmonies of blue and yellow, while the soft steamy oily atmosphere lifts the common ‘Fried Fish Shop’ into the realm of poetry.’</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2020</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
9 October 2009 – 23 February 2010
2010-02-23
9 October 2009 – 23 February 2010
2010-02-23
2009-10-09
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-10-09
Independently Modern
Collection based display
14 December 2012 – 26 September 2022
2022-09-26
10 December 2012 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
2012-12-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-12-14
Gallery 4
Collection based display
Fried Fish Shop
support: 337 × 394 mm
frame: 440 × 496 × 72 mm
Presented by the artist's family 1954
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<p>Fried fish and chips shops were found in large numbers in London at this time. The food became a staple of a working-class diet. De Karlowska focuses on the figures queuing up to be served. There is a strong sense of London life glimpsed in passing. She also captures the fall of yellow gaslight, penetrating the gloom of the street. When the picture was first exhibited, a reviewer commented, ‘Restful indeed are the quiet subtle harmonies of blue and yellow, while the soft steamy oily atmosphere lifts the common ‘Fried Fish Shop’ into the realm of poetry.’</p>
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture eating eating and drinking England evening fish and chips food and drink group groups leisure and pastimes London - non-specific man objects people places public and municipal shop shopkeeper times of the day trading and commercial UK countries and regions UK London walking woman work and occupations