"Comrades in Art" - with a special feature on the work of Percy Horton

Liss Llewellyn is delighted to present
“Comrades in Art” – with a special feature on the work of Percy Horton
This online exhibition accompanies Artists International: The First Decade, currently on display at Tate Britain.

At the heart of this movement was the Artists International Association (AIA), founded in 1933. It quickly became a powerful collective, drawing together a broad spectrum of artists committed to anti-fascist causes. Among them were Percy Horton, Laura Knight, Edward Ardizzone and Peter Laszlo Peri—figures united by their belief in art’s power to effect change.

These artists produced posters, prints, illustrations, and paintings that exposed the horrors of war, opposed totalitarianism, and supported workers’ rights. Their efforts were part of a wider international cultural front, linking artists across borders in shared resistance.

This exhibition celebrates a moment when art became activism—and when artists stood not alone, but as comrades in arms.

Works FEATURED in this Exhibition

Private
Collection
Steven Spurrier (1878 - 1961)
Circus Scene
Laura Knight (1877 - 1970)
Land Army Girl Ploughing, 1942
Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)
Self Portrait, 1950
SKU: 11132
Phyllis Ginger (1907 - 2005)
Design for a Wedgwood Plate, circa 1944
£1,600
SKU: 11103
Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Pencil sketch for Portrait of an Airwoman, 1944
£1,500
SKU: 9897
Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)
View of Houses Through a Gap in Trees
£9,500
SKU: 8984
Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Thames between Southwark Bridge and Cannon Street railway bridge, 1930’s
£600
On Loan
James Fitton (1899 - 1982)
Margaret Cook later Margaret (Peggy) Fitton, 1925
On Loan
Peter Laszlo Peri (1899 - 1967)
Blitz, 1944
SKU: 7950
Peter Laszlo Peri (1899 - 1967)
Blitz, 1944
£195
Private
Collection
Hubert Arthur Finney (1905 - 1991)
Self Portrait
Private
Collection
Henry Arthur Riley (1895 - 1966)
Me, 1940-42
Private
Collection
Eric Kennington (1888 - 1960)
Seeing it through, 1944
Private
Collection
Mary Adshead (1904 - 1995)
British Restaurant Coventry After Dinner, 1941
Private
Collection
Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, Florence, on a Bentwood Rocking Chair, c.1930
SKU: 6193
Edward Ardizzone (1900 - 1979)
Shelter Scene, 1941
£300
Private
Collection
Frank Brangwyn (1867 - 1956)
General Relief Fund for Women & Children of Spain, c. 1936
SKU: 5657
Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Cartoon for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, 1942
£875
On Loan
Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 9
SKU: 5656
Muirhead Bone (1876 - 1953)
Study for Winter Mine-Laying off Iceland, c.1942, cat 5
£1,250
SKU: 5130
Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)
Profile portrait of a woman with glasses, 1930’s
£1,950
Private
Collection
Cliff Rowe (1904 - 1989)
The Call- out, circa 1941
Private
Collection
Cliff Rowe (1904 - 1989)
Derailed locamotive in bomb damaged urban setting with Air Raid Warden and Dr attending a patient, circa 1941
Private
Collection
Cliff Rowe (1904 - 1989)
Air Raid Warden assisting evacuation of bomb damaged house, circa 1941
Private
Collection
Cliff Rowe (1904 - 1989)
Parachute Flares, circa 1941
SKU: 4406
Rudolf Sauter (1895 - 1977)
Study for The Phantom Eyre, circa 1940
£1,850
SKU: 3815
Alan Sorrell (1904 - 1974)
Study for Marching Gun Range and Rifle Range, RAF Station
£1,950
SKU: 3814
Alan Sorrell (1904 - 1974)
Study for Watch Office, RAF Station, circa 1944
£2,900
SKU: 3747
Alan Sorrell (1904 - 1974)
Study for An Aerial View of a Wartime Airfield, circa 1942
£2,950
SKU: 3750
Alan Sorrell (1904 - 1974)
Sketch for An Aerial View of a Wartime Airfield, circa 1944
£1,200
SKU: 3706
Alan Sorrell (1904 - 1974)
May Morning, Putney Embankment, July 6th, 1939
£1,950
SKU: 2609
John Cecil Stephenson (1889 - 1965)
The End of a Doodlebug, Hampstead Heath, 1945
£4,750
SKU: 2465
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Gas Mask Drill
£1,500
SKU: 1789
Kathleen Guthrie (1905 - 1981)
Uprights (untitled), mid 1960’s
£900
SKU: 919
Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)
The Artists Daughter, Kay, c.1940
£2,750
SKU: 906
Percy Horton (1897 - 1970)
Self Portrait at Easel – c.1940
£6,500
SKU: 874
John Cecil Stephenson (1889 - 1965)
Three Graces, 1945
£9,500
Private
Collection
Kenneth Rowntree (1915 - 1997)
View through open window, 1944