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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...
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May 5


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


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


Those who came after...
Remembering all those who continued the fight in Normandy in 1944, among them the artist Sven Berlin who arrived on Juno Beach on D-Day+18.
Sonia
Jun 8, 2024


In the heat of the day...
Croust by Sven Berlin. 1939 pencil drawing of haymaking in the fields of Cornwall.
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Jul 20, 2022


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


Glorious Spain
Sven Berlin was inspired by the glorious colours of Spain on his way back from the Gypsy Festival in Les Saintes Maries.
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May 20, 2022


The Lapp Hat
Sven Berlin's Lapp Hat and pen and ink of Clifford Lee
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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
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Apr 14, 2022


More on macaws
Sven Berlin pen and ink self portrait Man with Macaw
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Feb 7, 2022


Going to the zoo..oo...oo
Sven Berlin visited London Zoo to enable him to draw more exotic creatures for Anthony Dent's book Animals that changed the world
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Feb 7, 2022
Autumn Magic
How wonderful to see the colours of late summer/early autumn at the Chelsea Flower Show. Sometimes serendipity makes us look at a regular...
Sonia
Oct 9, 2021


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The discovery of previously unpublished brush works by Hokusai, on show at The British Museum, inspires a few words on one of Sven...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


Ancient Mariner
Sven was one of many artists to interpret Coleridge’s epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and I was reminded of this and Berlin’s...
Sonia
Mar 8, 2021
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