Ruskin Spear RA, Man in a Pub, ?1960s.
Oil on canvas on board. 134 mm x 150 mm x 5 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
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Man in a Pub, ?1960s
Ruskin Spear RA (1911 - 1990)
RA Collection: Art
Ruskin Spear often painted the regulars in his local pubs - the Hampshire Hog and the Ravenscourt Arms in Hammersmith, west London. Here, a small elderly man, in a cloth cap is shown from a low viewpoint behind the bar. His head is partially cut off by one of three black skittle-like beer-taps, giving the impression that the picture was not a formally posed composition but a small surreptitious sketch.
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134 mm x 150 mm x 5 mm
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