Art, Faith & Modernity

No account of 20th Century British art can overlook the numerous works of the period that were essentially ìreligiousî in their content. Art, Faith & Modernity examines this question in Paul Lissë and Alan Powersí essays and demonstrates the wide range of expression in more than 175 colour reproductions.

Anchored by Alan Powerís defining essay, Art Faith and Modernity presents a poignant argument ñ both visual and cerebral ñ for a reassessment of the important place that religious art continued to occupy in 20th century Britain. Art, Faith & Modernity is part of Liss Llewellynís on-going programme of exhibitions, produced in partnership with museums and cultural institutions, which seeks to reappraise some of the unsung heroines and and heroes of Modern British art.

Works Featured in this catalogue

Reserved
Frank Potter (1885 - 1958)
Self-portrait as an Auxiliary Fireman, c.1941
Private
Helen Blair (1907 - 1997)
Scene from the Book of Job, circa 1935
Forthcoming
Arthur Augustus Dixon (1872 - 1959)
Offerings
Forthcoming
Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)
Figure study, St Martin’s altarpiece, circa 1928
John Moody (1906 - 1993)
Margaret Sewell, 1927
£14,750
English School ()
The Crucifixion, 1937
Private
Edward Halliday (1902 - 1984)
Hypnos, 1928
Forthcoming
Rachel Reckitt (1908 - 1995)
Towers and Helmets, 1960’s
Percy Jowett (1892 - 1955)
England, circa 1918
£35,000
Forthcoming
Eric Gill (1882 - 1940)
Naked Man Dead, circa 1929
Sold
Edward Halliday (1902 - 1984)
Altar (War and Peace), 1939
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
God’s Familiars, Earth is the Lord’s, Gods Familiar, BPL 764 1965
Mary Adshead (1904 - 1995)
Scenes from the Life of Christ: Preaching the Gospel, mid-1920s
£8,750
Private
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
Forthcoming
Eric Ravilious (1903 - 1942)
The Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, 1933
Private
Daisy Theresa Borne (1906 - 1998)
Madonna of the Adoring Angels, 1929
Forthcoming
Barbara Jones (1912 - 1978)
Man at WorkA Century of Technical and Social Progress, 1961
Sold
Barnett Freedman (1901 - 1958)
Purim Party, circa 1934
Glyn Jones (1906 - 1984)
Study for St Martin’s Altarpiece, Canterbury Cathedral, circa 1927
£22,500
Fyffe Christie (1918 - 1979)
Annunciation, circa 1960
£3,500
Sold
Flora Glover ((1919-1944))
Allegory of War, early 1940’s
Sold
Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)
The original cartoon for The Deluge, 1920
Frank Brangwyn (1867 - 1956)
Studies for St Amand and St Eloi ‘ windows in the Abbey St Andr’, Bruges
£6,350
Forthcoming
Evelyn Dunbar (1906 - 1960)
Joseph in Prison, 1949-50
Forthcoming
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Adoration of the Shepherds, (Winter), c.1942
Frank Brangwyn (1867 - 1956)
Study for central panel of Nativity window, St Mary the Virgin, Bucklebury, Berkshire, early 1920’s
£9,750
Sold
Arthur Edwards Hamish Milne (1888 - 1981)
The Weird Barrier, circa 1917
Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Cartoon for Winter, circa 1921
Francis Spear (1902 - 1979)
Christ Derided, Nov 1942
£4,750
Sold
William Farley (1891 - 1961)
Woodland Music, mid 1920’s
Sold
Sir Thomas Monnington (1902 - 1976)
Study for Allegory
Francis Spear (1902 - 1979)
St. George and the Dragon, 1941
£5,750
Sold
English School ()
The Good Samaritan, c. 1920
Private
Winifred Knights (1899 - 1947)
Study for the Marriage at Cana, circa 1923
Forthcoming
David Evans (1929 - 1988)
Tower of Babel,1982
Forthcoming
Catherine Dawson Giles (1878 - 1955)
Crucifixion, 1936
Evelyn Gibbs (1905 - 1991)
The Chapel, 1928
£1,500
Dorothea Frances MacLagan (1895 - 1982)
The Angel of Revelation, c.1925
£3,750
Charles Mahoney (1903 - 1968)
Angel Playing Tubular Bells
£8,750
Reginald Brill (1902 - 1974)
Eve, Study for The Expulsion, 1927
£3,750
John Tunnard (1900 - 1971)
A point on the horizon line
£3,850
Forthcoming
Rachel Reckitt (1908 - 1995)
How High the Heavens
Charles Pears (1873 - 1958)
Nocturne: A Ship and a Tug Boat
£18,750
Sold
Charles Pears (1873 - 1958)
The Mosquite and the Eagle: A Nazi seaplane drops a mine in the Fairway, circa 1941
Charles Pears (1873 - 1958)
Bristol Blenheim setting fire to German oil tanker, circa 1940
£14,750