26 April 2007

Postman’s Park

Posted by Alison under: Art; History .

I said PARK not PAT :twisted:

I can’t paint worth a damn myself, but admire a number of artists, many from the Victorian era.  One such is a fairly less well known artist by the name of G. F. Watts.

I was fortunate enough to be able to visit an exhibition of his paintings at the National Portrait Gallery a couple of years ago.  Through this and a chance conversation with a friend I discovered that he had created the Watts Memorial of Heroic Deeds which is set out in Postman’s Park.

Please take a wander over here, it’s utterly fascinating and if you’re ever in London a lovely quiet place to stop and think.

One Comment so far...

EleanorBlog » A Passion for Victorian: G.F. Watts Says:

1 April 2008 at 9:00 pm.

[...] was almost a year ago now that I first posted about Watts.  A favourite of mine for some years, he is perhaps slightly lesser known than his contemporaries [...]

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