Merton Road SW18

Oil painting by Stephen Chaplin depicting a view from Merton Road, SW18. 2002.

This painting depicts a stylized room with a large window, occupying most of the space, offering a view of other 2 modern tall buildings. Inside, there’s a light wooden-coloured table or surface, with a brown storage caddy with two pencils and one ruler on each side.

oil on canvas board

Location

Putney

Materials

canvas

board

oil (paint)

Object Type

painting

Production Dates

21st Century

painted - 2002

Artist Biography

Stephen Chaplin (b. 1934) Painter, Muralist, Lecturer, and Archivist Trained at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Courtauld Institute, Chaplin combined artistic practice with academic work. He taught at Leeds College of Art and the University of Leeds, later becoming Head of Fine Art. From 1990 to 1997, he served as Honorary Archivist at the Slade, preserving its history while continuing his own prolific drawing practice.