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| Harrington Mann Alice Marjorie Cunningham with her Daughters 1902 oil on canvas National Trust, House of Dun, Montrose, Scotland |
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| William Rothenstein In the Morning Room ca. 1905 oil on canvas Manchester Art Gallery |
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| George Percy Jacomb-Hood The Deane Sisters ca. 1908 oil on canvas Victoria Art Gallery, Bath |
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| John Lavery The Royal Family at Buckingham Palace 1913 oil on canvas National Portrait Gallery, London |
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| Robert Sivell Family Group 1919 oil on canvas Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland |
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| Henry Lamb The Behrend Family 1927 oil on canvas Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries |
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| Harold Harvey The Young Menage 1932 oil on canvas Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum, Warwickshire |
Oh grateful colours, bright looks!
The grass is green
The tulip is red
A ginger cat walks over
The pink almond petals on the flower bed.
Enough has been said to show
It is life we are talking about. Oh
Grateful colours, bright looks! Well, to go
On, Fabricated things too – front doors and gates,
Bricks, slates, paving stones – are coloured
And as it has been raining and is sunny now
They shine. Only that puddle
Which, reflecting the height of the sky
Quite gives one a feeling of vertigo, shows
No colour, is a negative. Men!
Seize colours quick, heap them up while you can.
But perhaps it is a false tale that says
The landscape of the dead
Is colourless.
– Stevie Smith (ca. 1970)
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| Bernard Fleetwood-Walker The Family at Polperro ca. 1934-39 oil on canvas Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands |
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| William Bruce Ellis Ranken The Open Window (These Are My Jewels) 1937 oil on canvas Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth |
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| Veronica Burleigh Self Portrait with the Artist's Parents 1937 oil on canvas Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries |
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| Anonymous British Artist The Brunner Family ca. 1942-45 oil on canvas National Trust, Greys Court, Oxfordshire |
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| David Wedgbury The Wedding 1978 oil on canvas Wednesbury Museum and Art Gallery, Staffordshire |
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| Derek Hampson From Cairo to the Gulf of Mexico 1982 oil on canvas Southbank Centre, London |
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| Bridget Macdonald Family Group ca. 1980-88 oil on canvas Wolverhampton Art Gallery, West Midlands |
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| Lisa Murphy Family Portrait 1996 oil on canvas National Health Service, Tayside, Scotland |