In the Beginning Neutral We’ve had works from this

We’ve had works from this period before in the retrospectives held after Gordon’s death but they are a rare find and it is a pleasure to see one of this quality in the gallery again

The creative elite had been holidaying or living there since the mid-nineteenth century and by the beginning of the next century it had become a relative safe-haven for the gay and lesbian community

The Blues had an enormous influence on popular music in 1950s America and ‘Torch singers’ - the likes of Ella Fitzgerald

The sitter is Ernest Thesiger CBE (1879-1961)

In the commissioned group Thesiger appears to be wearing the same Zipper top as in our portrait

In the Beginning Neutral We’ve had works from this