Town Centre
1946
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1946
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Town Centre is a 1946 by Phyllis Ginger, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The print is called Town Centre. It was made by Phyllis Ginger in 1946. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds this print, which shows a cityscape, and Phyllis Ginger also worked on the 'Recording Britain' project, painting watercolour landscapes of British scenes that might be lost due to bombing. You can learn more about the artist at the museum: Victoria and Albert Museum.
Town Centre is a 1946 lithograph by Phyllis Ginger depicting a busy urban scene with brightly colored buses, cars, lorries, and horse-drawn vehicles in a wide street or square. The composition includes two large trees, a car park, and varied architecture with buildings in mauve, blue, yellow, and orange hues, alongside two church towers and a clock tower in the background. A trompe l'oeil gold frame with ornate angel-wing corners borders the print, designed to be pinned directly to classroom walls. The work was part of the School Prints scheme, which aimed to provide affordable original art…
Read the full account in the museum source.
Phyllis Ginger made watercolors and prints of everyday British streets and buildings during the 1940s.
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