EDWARD BAWDEN : STORYTELLER

4 Nov-26 Nov 2014

Overview

A special exhibition celebrating the work of Edward Bawden will be taking place at Morley Gallery from 4 – 26 November 2014. Edward Bawden: Storyteller will be the first major retrospective of the artist’s work to take place in London since his death in 1989. will include some of his better-known book covers, advertisements, theatre designs and linocut prints, alongside rarely-seen items, including miniature storybooks created by Bawden for his own children, featuring fantastical fables about ants and beetles. A major highlight of the exhibition will be a large painted map of Scarborough commissioned by Tom Laughton of the Pavilion Hotel, which has never previously been loaned for exhibition.