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Signs of autumn...
The autumn mushrooms were in abundance below the beech trees. Sven's well-observed oil painting captures the damp mossy habitat.
Sonia
4 days ago


Happy Birthday Sven!
Today (14th September) is Sven Berlin's birthday. He was born in 1911.
Sonia
Sep 14


Alfred Wallis ...and Sven
Just finished reading Matilda Webb's wonderful and definitive book on Alfred Wallis. a tour de force of 530 pages which took eight years to write. Couldn't put it down!
Sonia
Aug 13


Old soldiers and poets
I was reminded of Sven's connections with Veterans of WW2 this week when I gave a talk for the members of the British Legion in Bartley,...
Sonia
Jul 18


As we remember VE Day...
As in all military operations there were times of stillness and boredom. Sven filled them with writing and sketching, resulting in letters to the art critic Adrian Stokes that would form the basis of his book I am Lazarus and more than sixty pen and ink and pencil drawings...
Sonia
May 5


Save Sven's Tower
We need your voice! Save Sven's Tower...
Sonia
Mar 26


See you there?
And yes, you did come along! Thank you for being such a lovely audience - old friends and new. Some remembering Sven and his time in the...
Sonia
Mar 4


Poet inspires Sven Berlin
Sven Berlin would often write down inspirational little notes... from poetry or philosophy
Sonia
Jan 17


New discoveries
Two sculptures we'd never seen before...
Sonia
Jan 15
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