Festival of Britain - Burns unit- revised roughs for diorama (number 2)
Watercolour sketch by Edward Ashenden depicting the Festival of Britain - Burns unit- revised roughs for diorama (number 2). 1951.
The sketch depicts a scene inside a room. A figure stands facing the fireplace reaching out for a clock in the mantlepiece. The room is filled with furniture and decorations, including an armchair, a shelving unit, plates and paintings.An inscription is located at the bottom of the composition and reads "Watercolour sketch by Edward Ashenden depicting the Festival of Britain - Burns unit- revised roughs for diorama (number 2). Edward Ashenden. Feb 1951".
Production Information
artist: Ashenden, Edward James
(Watercolour painter, designer, model-maker and decorative artist. Born at Wandsworth Common, London, he studied at Putney School of Art just prior to World War I, then again 1919–22. Ashenden’s designing and model-making skills were employed widely, including the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and the Century of Progress Exhibition, in Chicago. During World War II he was a camouflage officer with the Air Ministry. Exhibited RA, RI and in the provinces. Lived in London. Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)) Ashenden, Edward James
20th Century (01/01/1900 - 31/12/1999)
depicted - february 1952 (01/02/1952 - 29/02/1952)
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