The Cabbage Harvest

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Edward Burra lived for most of his life at his parents' house in Rye, Sussex. In spite of poor health he loved to travel. He visited France and America frequently and also went to Italy, Spain and Mexico. He was drawn to human eccentricities, vivid popular culture and scenes from the seamy side of life. Burra produced some satiric work somewhat in the manner of the German artist George Grosz. Both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War caused Burra deep distress and a violent, almost sadistic atmosphere crept into his work. He also began to paint religious pictures. From the late 1950s until his death, Burra painted strange, slightly sinister landscapes of places around the UK including Rye.

Places

Subjects

harvesting, wagon, topography, WW2 art, landscape C20th, tree, prisoner, cabbage, World War II, path, house, farm

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Edward Burra (1905 - 1976)

Title

The Cabbage Harvest

Date

c.1943-1945

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 69.00 cm, width: 101.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Leicester Galleries, January 1960

Inscription

STAMPED BR: E.J.Burra

Provenance

Collection of Richard Buckle by June 1947; collection of Noel Sadd; from whom purchased by the Leicester Galleries, London; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in December 1959, as ‘Harvest 1943’

GAC number

5039