Tate glossary definition for graffiti art: Images or text painted usually onto buildings, using spray paint
paint and other materials to create images on buildings and on the sides of subway trains
This collection features a series of sketches and artworks by Bernard Meninsky which were donated to Tate by his second wife, Nora. The majority of this collection, which features sketches of landscapes, still-life drawings, portrait and profile view sketches of male and female figures, and sketches of the female form, with annotations by the artist, is now available to view online. Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue.
reclining female nude Bernard Meninsky 1935 Sketch entitled, ‘A sketch of a boy in train
Piet Mondrian is one of the best known of all modern artists – but he’s also misunderstood. In fact, we could all learn a thing or two from the real Mondrian, says the curator of Tate Liverpool’s exhibition
When he got on the train just before Christmas 1911, aged 39, he left behind a fiancée
Contains loose sketches dated from between 1920-1990s, with titles given by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Trust. The sketches are mostly studies of still lifes, sketches of landscapes, portraits of her friends including of Elias Canetti and Mitzi, a few self-portraits, sketches of figures performing various activities and many studies of her mother Henriette von Motesiczky. Some of her sketches have been mounted by the Charitable Trust and some of the drawings have been included in ‚Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky: Catalogue Raisonne of the Paintings‘ by Ines Schlenker, 2009.
Piero Della Francesca’ Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky c.1970 Sketch titled ‘In a train
Artist page for Richard Cooper Junior (c.1740–c.1814)
Cooper was taught by his father before moving to Paris to train under the engraver
Page 1, blank Page 2, ‚Gravel Lane Oct 10‘, paved street going uphill Page 3, ‚Stamford House Oct 10‘, corner of a warehouse Page 4, sleeping cat Page 5, cat sleeping on the edge of a stool Page 6, detail of a building with three small figures wearing hats Page 7, house partly covered with an awning Page 8, pair of tradesman’s scales Page 9, tradesman’s scales and a large bowl Page 10, park bench near a wall Page 11, three girls in school uniform Page 12, landscape with trees, and a man in a rowing boat on a lake …
sign Page 44, greengrocer’s stall or shop and several studies of heads Page 45, train
When I die Lord bury me deep ♪ ♪ at the end of old Chestnut Street ♪ ♪ Freight train
Löwenbräu brewery My Annie! I’ve just sat down and now I’m waiting for a large vegetable platter, so for once I’m not thinking of you. It took me half an hour to walk home blind from your place, with flakes of snow floating into my eyes, my thoughts anywhere but on the road. On the way I passed the window of a florist which looked particularly bright and fresh. I went in to look for crocuses but didn’t find any, so I couldn’t use this as an excuse to come back and see you so soon. At home I made …
after themselves and they want to stay for two to three years so the husband can train
Artist page for Emil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972)
Born to a wealthy family in Munich, he moved to London in 1900 to train as a financier
Artist page for Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962)
similar scholorship, the three travelling south together that autumn slowly by train
