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


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


Dancing with duende
With the Adagio dancing poster we take a look back at perhaps Sven's first identification of the passion of the duende...
Sonia
Apr 15, 2024


End of an era
Witnessing the recent studio sale of the remains of Sven Berlin’s prodigious output has been a memorable experience and one which has...
Sonia
Jun 17, 2022


The Lapp Hat
Sven Berlin's Lapp Hat and pen and ink of Clifford Lee
Sonia
May 11, 2022


An Easter Hare - or two - from Sven Berlin ...
Hares in the Maize, watercolour by Sven Berlin. Happy Easter. From our collection at Millersford Gallery
Sonia
Apr 14, 2022


Moths and flames
The discovery of previously unpublished brush works by Hokusai, on show at The British Museum, inspires a few words on one of Sven...
Sonia
Jul 24, 2021


Cockerels and Wagtails
Sven painted and illustrated all kinds of birds, but cockerels had a special place throughout his life. He would draw the Gypsies’ pet...
Sonia
Jun 12, 2021


Sven on drawing
One of Sven’s most interesting essays is his Notes on the Experience of Drawing for Young People, written for his grand-daughter Tanya,...
Sonia
Jun 12, 2021


Sven and the Lee family
Sven Berlin was visited by the Lee family and painted Cliff, the knife grinder and his son Ken.
Sonia
Jun 10, 2021


Dark Monarch reflections
Some fascinating insight relating to the publication of Sven Berlin’s now infamous book The Dark Monarch has come from Toni Carver,...
Sonia
Apr 29, 2021


Connecting with the Earth
Augustus John described the work of Mary Jewels as 'remarkable in the intensity of their earth feeling' (Vogue/The Woman Artist/August...
Sonia
Apr 22, 2021


New Forest sunsets
Stunning sunsets in the New Forest are especially memorable at all times of year. Sven Berlin often drew comparison with the changing...
Sonia
Apr 7, 2021


Songs of the Open Road
Sven Berlin was very supportive of the New Forest Gypsies and their culture as he demonstrated in his book Dromengro: Man of the Road. Inter
Sonia
Feb 19, 2021


Timeless Man review
Always good to read an inspiring review and many thanks to Toni Carver, Proprietor of the St. Ives Times and Echo for his permission to repr
Sonia
Feb 13, 2021


Dedicated to Sven Berlin
A great way to start the New Year with our first dedicated News letter! Always so much to say about this charismatic, larger than life...
Sonia
Jan 29, 2021


Sven Berlin's first self-portrait discovered
Discovering Sven Berlin's first self portrait has survived has been an excellent start to 2021. It was painted in 1938, before he left...
Sonia
Jan 22, 2021


It's the Buck's birthday!
Today, 5 years ago, Sven Berlin's White Buck carving arrived in Godshill in the New Forest. This is the team that saved it from...
Sonia
Dec 7, 2020


Head of a stallion
This powerful Sven Berlin drawing of a stallion's head from 1958 is presumed to be of Spotlight, a huge and characterful Appaloosa horse...
Sonia
Dec 7, 2020


For the love of horses
Sven Berlin's pencil drawing Horse & Rider sent us looking through our photographic archives.
Sonia
Dec 7, 2020
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