I went to the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne to see their Familiar Visions exhibition of work by Eric and James Ravilious, father and son, the former a painter, his son a photographer. The exhibition was magnificent, and I have never seen so many of Ravilious père's works in one place before. The exhibition consists of five rooms, four devoted to the art and the fifth a resource room. Books on both Raviliouses were displayed for all to read. The librarian in me felt obliged to list those about Eric; links go to Amazon, who don't have the 2007 Fine Art Society catalogue :
A breath of fresh air: Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden & Douglas Percy Bliss.Fine Art Society, 2007
The Sussex scene: artists in Sussex in the twentieth century
Hove Museum and Art Gallery, 1993
Constable, Freya
The England of Eric Ravilious
Lund Humphries, 2003
Eric Ravilious: imagined reality
Imperial War Museum, 2003
Eric Ravilious: 1903-42
Towner, 1986
Russell, James
Ravilious in pictures: Sussex and the Downs
Mainstone Press, 2009
Spalding, Francis
Ravilious in public
Black Dog Books, 2002
Hove Museum and Art Gallery, 1993
Though the exhibition it is only open until 5 September, I urge anyone near Eastbourne to go to see it.
