Brook Green was once famous for its artists, and Gilla Slocock of the Brook Green Association had organised a short an exhibition, covering the period 1890 - 1940, upstairs at Hammersmith Library. So of course I went along to see it.
One of the main artists featured was Arthur Silver (1853 - 1896), who owned Silver Studioe, based at 84 Brook green and in other houses in Haarlem Road. Others covered by the exhibition were Cyril Power, Sybil Andrews and Leon Underwood.
The walls of the room were taken up by prints of their works, which showed how talented they were as artists. Many of the paintings were rather stylised, with various figures in a state of movement; but although they were completely different to photographic portrayals, there was something were strikign about them, particularly the figures of the skaters, the dancers and the flying swans. I would never have anything by someone like Picasso on my walls, but I would happily have some of those paintings, with their vibrant colours and unusual way of portraying objects in movement.
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