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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Julian Trevelyan, Bridges, 1938
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Julian Trevelyan, Bridges, 1938

Julian Trevelyan 1910-1988

Bridges, 1938
collage
41.5 x 63 cm
16 3/8 x 24 3/4 in
signed and dated in pen

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In the late 1930s Trevelyan started using collage as a preferred medium when travelling the country and recording the cities and towns he visited. Influenced by the Surrealists and most...
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In the late 1930s Trevelyan started using collage as a preferred medium when travelling the country and recording the cities and towns he visited. Influenced by the Surrealists and most notably by Max Ernst, who he met and worked alongside in Paris, Trevelyan would use scraps of newspaper, serviettes, labels from his own artworks and ink to build his compositions. By 1937 he was involved in the Mass Observation project which was founded by, among others, the young anthropologist Tom Harrison. It consisted of a group of artists, poets, writers and film makers who aimed to capture and record modern society. 'Bridges' is a beautiful example of the Trevelyan’s use of collage to create a lively composition, which is both expressive through its visual appeal and through the materials used to create it.

'I cruised around and settled on the outskirts of the town near to some cotton mills and reservoirs. At this time I was making collages; I carried a large suitcase full of newspapers, copies of Picture Post, seed catalogues, old bills, coloured papers and other scraps, together with a pair of scissors, a pot of gum and a bottle of indian ink. It was awkward sometimes in the wind, when my little pieces would fly about and I was shy of being watched at it; but it was a legitimate way I think, of inviting the god of chance to lend a hand in painting a picture.'
(Julian Trevelyan, 'Indigo Days', Macgibbon & Kee, London, 1957, p.84)
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