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Hi, I am Robjn. I blog about art and write books. My new book on Edward Bawden & Gt Bardfield is out now, as is Nan Youngman and Pictures for Schools.

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I should say if you enjoyed Fake or Fortune tonight, and want to learn more about Pictures for Schools you might enjoy my new book. inexpensiveprogress.com/for-sale/nan-y…

ThatArtBlog's tweet image. I should say if you enjoyed Fake or Fortune tonight, and want to learn more about Pictures for Schools you might enjoy my new book. inexpensiveprogress.com/for-sale/nan-y…

Delight in these stamps from 1966 by John Norris Wood of British birds. #johnnorriswood #artinessex #britishartists

ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Delight in these stamps from 1966 by John Norris Wood of British birds. #johnnorriswood #artinessex #britishartists
ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Delight in these stamps from 1966 by John Norris Wood of British birds. #johnnorriswood #artinessex #britishartists
ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Delight in these stamps from 1966 by John Norris Wood of British birds. #johnnorriswood #artinessex #britishartists
ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Delight in these stamps from 1966 by John Norris Wood of British birds. #johnnorriswood #artinessex #britishartists

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The Edward Bawden book Looking at Life in an English Village features all the illustrations from the original King Penguin book - it also has many more works from the Bardfield artists, including a missing illustration from the book. pallantbookshop.com/product/l09ook… #edwardbawden

ThatArtBlog's tweet image. The Edward Bawden book Looking at Life in an English Village features all the illustrations from the original King Penguin book - it also has many more works from the Bardfield artists, including a missing illustration from the book. 
pallantbookshop.com/product/l09ook…

#edwardbawden
ThatArtBlog's tweet image. The Edward Bawden book Looking at Life in an English Village features all the illustrations from the original King Penguin book - it also has many more works from the Bardfield artists, including a missing illustration from the book. 
pallantbookshop.com/product/l09ook…

#edwardbawden

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Two books out now. Nan Youngman and Pictures for Schools, as well as Edward Bawden's Looking at Life in an English Village. linktr.ee/Inexpensivepro…

ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Two books out now. Nan Youngman and Pictures for Schools, as well as Edward Bawden's Looking at Life in an English Village.
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#Art #NanYoungman, Steelworks, Ebbw Vale, c1951

twistopherrobin's tweet image. #Art #NanYoungman, Steelworks, Ebbw Vale, c1951

One day, you too shall be left with only the powers of recollection - N C Hunter


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Fake or Fortune? – ⁦@TheLondonGroup1⁩ archivist David Redfern discusses the potential find of an exciting lost work by Frances Hodgkins. #FakeorFortune #FrancesHodgkins thelondongroup.com/fake-or-fortun…


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Artist & educator Nan Youngman #BOTD 1906 in Maidstone, Kent. While a student at the Slade School of Fine Art she adopted her trademark look of trousers and a pudding basin haircut. She famously approached a workman on the street & asked him to open the exhibition "Art for All”.

ian_lawley's tweet image. Artist & educator Nan Youngman #BOTD 1906 in Maidstone, Kent. While a student at the Slade School of Fine Art she adopted her trademark look of trousers and a pudding basin haircut. She famously approached a workman on the street & asked him to open the exhibition "Art for All”.
ian_lawley's tweet image. Artist & educator Nan Youngman #BOTD 1906 in Maidstone, Kent. While a student at the Slade School of Fine Art she adopted her trademark look of trousers and a pudding basin haircut. She famously approached a workman on the street & asked him to open the exhibition "Art for All”.
ian_lawley's tweet image. Artist & educator Nan Youngman #BOTD 1906 in Maidstone, Kent. While a student at the Slade School of Fine Art she adopted her trademark look of trousers and a pudding basin haircut. She famously approached a workman on the street & asked him to open the exhibition "Art for All”.
ian_lawley's tweet image. Artist & educator Nan Youngman #BOTD 1906 in Maidstone, Kent. While a student at the Slade School of Fine Art she adopted her trademark look of trousers and a pudding basin haircut. She famously approached a workman on the street & asked him to open the exhibition "Art for All”.

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The largely untold story of the British artists who did their bit against the Nazis....my review of "Comrades in Art" for today's Observer @ObsNewReview @Tom_Gatti observer.co.uk/culture/books/…


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As a follow-up to my recent post on the Schools Art Loan Collection, here's a book from @ThatArtBlog on the life and work of Nan Youngman and her role in 'Pictures for Schools': inexpensiveprogress.com/nan-youngman-p…


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Valley in Merionitshire, 1953 Nan Youngman (British, 1906-1995)

FloydFilipe's tweet image. Valley in Merionitshire, 1953
Nan Youngman (British, 1906-1995)

A really interesting post by @TheLondonGroup1 on Frances Hodgkins and the Fake or Fortune episode. thelondongroup.com/fake-or-fortun… The episode is up on iPlayer in the UK here bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

ThatArtBlog's tweet image. A really interesting post by @TheLondonGroup1 on Frances Hodgkins and the Fake or Fortune episode. 

thelondongroup.com/fake-or-fortun…

The episode is up on iPlayer in the UK here bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Fake or Fortune? – ⁦@TheLondonGroup1⁩ archivist David Redfern discusses the potential find of an exciting lost work by Frances Hodgkins. #FakeorFortune #FrancesHodgkins thelondongroup.com/fake-or-fortun…



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Ladybird book in the Spotlight The Magic Porridge Pot (1971) Artist: Robert Lumley

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The Magic Porridge Pot (1971)
Artist: Robert Lumley

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Once a place for harmless sing-alongs, Britain’s summer stages have become pulpits for political dogma – with Palestine the sermon of choice and the young, naïve and impressionable the captive congregation writes @JakeWSimons

JewishChron's tweet image. Once a place for harmless sing-alongs, Britain’s summer stages have become pulpits for political dogma – with Palestine the sermon of choice and the young, naïve and impressionable the captive congregation writes @JakeWSimons

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Morning! With Hale and Pace.


Following on with my #fakeorfortune episode, I am happy to announce that I have had another Frances Hodgkins work proven to be real. This work was painted c1937 at the farm belonging to the artist Kitty Church. Pic2 is another FH painting from the same location. #franceshodgkins

ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Following on with my #fakeorfortune episode, I am happy to announce that I have had another Frances Hodgkins work proven to be real. This work was painted c1937 at the farm belonging to the artist Kitty Church. Pic2 is another FH painting from the same location. #franceshodgkins
ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Following on with my #fakeorfortune episode, I am happy to announce that I have had another Frances Hodgkins work proven to be real. This work was painted c1937 at the farm belonging to the artist Kitty Church. Pic2 is another FH painting from the same location. #franceshodgkins

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The price of eternal beauty🩸


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*One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:* **“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I…

MrPitbull07's tweet image. *One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:*

**“I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I…

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Looking at Life in an English Village: Edward Bawden and Great Bardfield Robjn Cantus (author) Chloe Cheese (introduction) johnsandoe.com/product/lookin… A charming self-published book about Great Bardfield, the Essex village that became home to several artists including Ravilious

ThatArtBlog's tweet image. Looking at Life in an English Village: Edward Bawden and Great Bardfield
Robjn Cantus (author) Chloe Cheese (introduction)

johnsandoe.com/product/lookin…

A charming self-published book about Great Bardfield, the Essex village that became home to several artists including Ravilious

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