Psyche Still Lifes Described as the ‘Grandfather of

Described as the ‘Grandfather of British illustration’ (thank you Chris Beetles) his economy of line was said to have modernised his trade and certainly influenced the next generation of cartoonists from Frank Reynolds to David Low

I’m one mountain away from the Welsh valleys and all the historical industrial scarring that implies

However in the mid-1950s he met the 16 year old Claire while she was working as an artists model

trying to get warmth from the sunlight through the window but she feels very insubstantial

Nearly twenty years later a Curator at the Berlin Museum recognised them as by Topolski and they were returned to him

Psyche Still Lifes Described as the ‘Grandfather ofThis painting is in our Cecil Court gallery.