The Rose Bower

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Edward Middleditch was born in Chelmsford, Essex. He served overseas during the Second World War, receiving the Military Cross in 1945. He studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic and Royal College of Art (RCA, 1948-1952) and his realist paintings of domestic scenes led to his association with the ‘Kitchen Sink School’, an informal group of RCA graduates, John Bratby, Derrick Greaves and Jack Smith. Middleditch’s first solo show was held at Beaux Arts (London, 1954) where he continued to exhibit until 1962. He held various teaching posts, including Head of Fine Art at Norwich School of Art (1964-1984). Exhibitions included a Arts Council and South Bank Centre retrospective (1987-1988) and a show at James Hyman Fine Art, (London, 2006).

Places

Subjects

rose, twig, leaf, petal, thorn, flower

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Edward Middleditch (1923 - 1987)

Title

The Rose Bower

Date

c.1958-1959

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 126.5 cm, width: 101.5 cm

Acquisition

Transferred from OFCOM, November 2016

Inscription

none

Provenance

Radiocommunications Agency (merged with four other regulators to form Ofcom in 2003); Sotheby's, London, 2 June 2004 (lot 82) - bought in; transferred to the GAC from Ofcom November 2016

GAC number

18706