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Untitled

Thomas A. Greeves

1990

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Contemporary Architectural

Dominant colour

Untitled is a 1990 by Thomas A. Greeves, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Thomas A. Greeves
When & what style?: 1990
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

The drawing is titled Untitled by Thomas A. Greeves. It was created in 1990. The artist's background in architecture is evident in his work, as he was trained at the Slade School of Art and Cambridge, and later at the Architectural Association in London. You can learn more about architectural drawings like this one at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The story of this work

Overview

Thomas A. Greeves’s 1990 untitled work is a fantasy drawing of ruins by an architectural draughtsman whose career spanned imaginative reconstructions and the conservation of Victorian architecture. His training at the Slade School of Art and the Architectural Association informed a practice that blended plausible architectural detail with speculative, often technology-inspired visions. Published in periodicals such as Country Life and The Architects’ Journal, his drawings appeared alongside those of other architectural fantasists and were exhibited at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibitions.…

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About the artist

Artist

Thomas A. Greeves

Thomas A. Greeves carried a tiny notebook everywhere, sketching whatever moved—or didn’t. He once drew the same London bus stop for three years straight, just to catch how light bent on wet pavement. His drawings look…

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