'History in stone: houses, ancient and modern in the news. ... An Abbey Art Colony', The Sphere, London, 18 September 1948, p. 375

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'History in stone: houses, ancient and modern in the news. ... An Abbey Art Colony', The Sphere, London, 18 September 1948, p. 375

1948 September 18

The Sphere (London, England)

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newspaper article

London: Illustrated Newspapers

Illustrated feature article on the Abbey Art Centre. One photograph depicts the front of the main house, seen from a garden along a row of raised borders and through an archway covering in flowering vines. The second photograph depicts an artist from Sydney, Derek King, painting in his studio on the top floor of the main house.

Artist colonies -- England.
Artists, Australian -- England -- London.
Artists -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Biography.
King, Derek, 1924-.

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Inge King and an unidentified man, probably Derek Vernon King, in her studio at the Abbey Art Centre, 1948

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Jane Eckett

London, England

'Nearly two years ago William Ohly, an art connoisseur and the owner of a gallery, bought the Abbey at New Barnet, founding there an artist's colony where youthful painters and sculptors--mostly Australians--now work, eat, sleep and paint. Some of the work being achieved at the Abbey is of a high standard, and Derek King, of Sydney, is one of its most promising artists. He has just left for Porquenelles, off the south coast of France, where he will spend a year engaged in painting[.]'. Photograph captions: 'Artists from Australia have made this a home away from home: The Abbey, New Barnet, has been converted from a religious institution into an artist's colony and now has a fine array of studios'. 'Derek King in his studio: An artist from New South Wales putting the finishing touches to one of his pictures'.

Little has been hitherto recorded of the Australian artist Derek King who is featured in this article. For a biography see 147.0000, Derek Vernon Morris King (1924–).

The Sphere (London, England)

18 August 2020