Untitled
1942
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1942
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Untitled is a 1942 by Bryon Dun, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a drawing from a young artist’s practice book. Bryon Dun made it between 1939 and 1944, when he was 11 to 14 years old. It’s a still life, focused on everyday objects he saw around him. The objects include an iron and scissors, plus wartime gear like tanks and gas masks. His teachers praised these drawings for sharp shading and perspective. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The collection consists of drawings, watercolours, and gouache paintings created by Bryon Dun between ages 11 and 14, cut from sketchbooks and mounted on plain white or off-white paper. Many works include his signature, date, school class, and title, depicting everyday still lifes such as an electric iron, scissors, and vinegar bottle, as well as copied photographs or postcards. Some drawings also feature wartime-related subjects like tanks, gas masks, and air-raid warden equipment, reflecting the influences of mid-20th century British art education and the adolescent experience during the…
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Bryon Dun made drawings from the late 1930s through mid-1940s. His untitled work from that stretch is a spare, linear piece—think penciled shapes that suggest figures or objects without filling in too much detail. It…
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