Christmas Exhibition at the Berkeley Galleries, Thursday 9th December [1954]

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Christmas Exhibition at the Berkeley Galleries, Thursday 9th December [1954]

9 December [1954]

William Ohly (1883-1955);
Berkeley Galleries

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exhibition invitation card

London: Berkeley Galleries

Berkeley Galleries scrapbook, private collection, UK

Exhibition invitation card, printed in black on white and red background. Four separate exhibitions are listed on the right hand side: 'Pictures by Henry Moore, Ceri Richards, Lilian Colbourn and others', 'Small Sculptures by P. King, R. Jones, G. Kruger and others', 'Small Chinese Paintings / Objects from India and The Far East', and 'Native Jewellery and Sculptures by Primitive People'.

Berkeley Galleries.
Art galleries, Commercial -- England -- London -- Exhibitions.
Art galleries, Commercial -- England -- London -- History.
Krüger, Gudrun Juliane, 1922-2004.

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English

Sheridan Palmer and Jane Eckett

The Berkeley Galleries, 20 Davies Street, London W1, England

Several of the artists were Abbey Art Centre residents including sculptor Peter King and painter Lilian Colbourn.

Dated 1954 on the basis of the opening date being given as Thursday 9th December (the 9th December in 1954 falling on a Thursday), as well as the correlation with a press photograph of the German sculptor Gudrun Krüger examing one of her small sculptures and captioned: 'Dec. 09, 1954 - German-Born Woman Artist Hold Exhibition At Berkeley Galleries. 33-year-old German-born woman artist, Gudrun Kruger, held an exhibition of her work at the Berkeley Galleries, Dover-Street [sic], today. Her graphic art is anew and intensely personal expression inspired by the growth forms of plants and sea creatures. Photo Shows:- Gudrun Kruger seen with some of her exhibits of horses in bronze at the exhibition today.' (Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS).

Cottie Burland—ethnographer, author, honorary curator of the Abbey Art Centre Museum, and a good friend of William Ohly's—gifted a drawing by Gudrun Juliane Krüger (1922-2004) to the British Museum in 1958. It was likely purchased from the Berkley Galleries.

Ernest Ohly (1920-2008);
Gift from his Estate to the present owner

Sheridan Palmer

19 October 2021

17 February 2022