Julian Trevelyan, The Stork | Freya Mitton 20th Century British Art

Julian Trevelyan, RA (1910-1988)

The Stork

signed and dated ‘46
oil on canvas
50.5 by 61 cm.; 20 by 24 in.
Provenance: Gimpel Fils Ltd, London
£12,000 plus 4% ARR
In 1913 HMS Stork was anchored in the river upstream of Hammersmith Bridge to serve as a training ship for boys interested in a Naval career. After squeezing under Hammersmith Bridge it soon became a landmark and it remained there, gently moving until 1950.

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Julian Trevelyan, RA (1910-1988)

Trevelyan was a founding member of the Surrealist movement in England. He taught at the Chelsea School of Art and later at the RCA. He travelled widely throughout his life, especially from the 1950s with his second wife, the artist Mary Fedden.