Nightpiece, Putney Bridge

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Department for International Trade, Old Admiralty Building

Born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, Kenneth Rowntree studied at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford (1930–34) and the Slade School of Art (1934–35). During the War he participated in the ‘Recording Britain’ project and was an Official War Artist. His first solo show in London (1946) was later followed by shows in Oxford, Newcastle and Newton. He joined the Society of Mural Painters and taught this subject at the Royal College of Art (1948–58). He made murals for ships and the British Pavilion, Brussels International Exhibition (1958). He taught in London and Oxford (1949–58) and won a Ford Foundation grant (USA, 1959). Professor of Fine Art at the University of Newcastle (1959–80), Rowntree’s works are in public collections including the Tate.

Places

England, River Thames, London, Putney Bridge

Subjects

topography, rectangle, circle, abstract, townscape/cityscape, night, river, bridge (urban)

Materials & Techniques

board, oil, oil painting

Artist

Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1997)

Title

Nightpiece, Putney Bridge

Date

1967

Medium

Oil on board

Dimensions

height: 76.40 cm, width: 63.60 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the New Art Centre, March 1975

Inscription

none visible

GAC number

11858