The Great Atlantic Galleries

The 2008 - 2009 Great Atlantic Road Show exhibition programme

September 2008

Birmingham Art Fair 18 - 21st September 2008
For further details please contact gallery@greatalantic.co.uk

October 2008

Truro Three Arts at Truro College, 3rd October for Society Members

Previous venues have included:

22nd February - 13th March 2008

King’s School, Worcester
Something Old and Something New

An exhibition of printed works by four 20th century masters, including Eric Gill, Henri Matisse, David Hockney, alongside paintings, prints and ceramics by rising stars from the contemporary scene, including artist in residence, Catherine Harvey Jefferson (oil paintings, drawings and etchings), Eric Pentecost (paintings), Mark Spray (paintings) and Steve Strode (paintings).

Private views:
Thursday 21st February 5 - 7pm
Friday 22nd February 5 - 7pm
Saturday 23rd February 9.30 - 12.00noon

Further information about the exhibition from Liz Hand at The King’s School on 01905 721746 or Michael Jay at The Great Atlantic Galleries on 01736 788911

To receive information and an invitation to any or of these events please e-mail gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk

16th - 29th January 2008

The Milton Gallery, St. Paul's School, Barnes, London
Something Old and Something New

Private view:
Wednesday 16th January 6.00 - 8.00pm

Further information about the exhibition from Nigel Hunter at the school nwh@stpaulsschool.org.uk or Michael Jay at The Great Atlantic Galleries on 01736 788911

7th - 14th January 2008

St Peter’s School, Clifton, York
Something Old and Something New

An exhibition of printed works by four 20th century masters, including David Hockney, alongside paintings, prints and ceramics by rising stars from the contemporary scene, including Peter Clough (collographs and related ceramics), Catherine Harvey Jefferson (oil paintings, drawings and etchings), Eric Pentecost (paintings), Mark Spray (paintings).

Private view:
Monday 7th January 5.30 - 8.00pm

Mark Spray & Steve Strode (right) at St Peter's School

Further information about the exhibition from John Darmody at the school on 01904 527348 or Michael Jay at The Great Atlantic Galleries on 01736 788911

Tuesday 16th October 2007

The Art Department, St John’s School, Epsom Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 8SP
from 6.00 - 8.00 p.m

Something Old and Something New

The Great Atlantic Galleries in conjunction with St John’s School, Leatherhead, presented an exhibition of printed works by 20th century masters Marc Chagall (1887 - 1995), Eric Gill (1880 - 1942), David Hockney (1937 - ) and Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) with contemporary works by Jenny Grevatte, Catherine Harvey Jefferson*, Mark Spray and Lucy Toop.

*Catherine Harvey Jefferson conducted a master class with St John’s sixth form students during the morning of 17th October.

20th Century masters

We are fortunate that many of the giants of the 20th century art world were prolific print makers in their time, so whereas their original paintings are beyond the reach of most people, their printed works are very much more accessible. Marc Chagall, born in Russia but with France as his adopted country, has been described as one of the greatest religious painters of all time. The works on show at St John’s are lithographs from his 1956 and 1960 Bible Illustrations. Eric Gill, a controversial character sure enough, was a supremely talented sculptor, typographer and wood engraver whose exquisite prints bring lasting pleasure. Those on show come from his Cleverdon and Faber book editions from 1929 and 1935. David Hockney, born in 1937, still strides the art world as one of the most talented artists of his generation. Work from two early suites in the 1960’s are shown here - illustrations from “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” and “The Blue Guitar”. Henri Matisse was a French artist, noted for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. As a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the twentieth century.

Contemporary artists

Jenny Grevatte is a modern contemporary painter based in Leicestershire and West Cornwall. She had her first exhibition in London’s Cork Street at an early age back in 1980 and has been an active exhibitor ever since. Her colourful oil and mixed media paintings of harbours, coves and more subtle aspects of the countryside hold much more than meets the eye as close
inspection will reveal! Catherine Harvey Jefferson comes from a long line of Cornish artists and is now living back in the county following a lengthy sojourn in the Home Counties. Her loose, abstract oils and brooding etchings have a growing following and, like each of the other contemporary paintings showing at this venue, is “one to watch”. Mark Spray’s serious and
compelling insights into the more profound aspects of the Cornish landscape around him represents the more serious face of modern painting at the moment. Watch out for more striking work from this Land’s End based artist. Lucy Toop is a young and energetic newcomer to the contemporary scene in Cornish art. Over the past year, Lucy has sold every painting that she painted and from a quiet but focused launch platform, can look forward to a long and upwardly evolving career.