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This local scene is typical of many of the works in the Southwark Art Collection. It shows the club house of the Conservative and Unionist Party situated on the corner of Commercial Road in Peckham, South East London. A girl in a yellow jumper chats to a well-dressed man, perhaps a member of the club. The building was demolished in the 1960s. This painting is attributed to Tom Keating, a trained restorer and rather unsuccessful commercial artist. Turn it over and you get a modernist abstract in pastel colours that provides a clue that things are not always what they seem. Keating became a consummate forger of Old Masters. He deliberately left signs as to the true nature of his fakes that could only be determined by careful and scientific examination.
Southwark Heritage Centre
London
Title
Peckham Unionist Club, Peckham Hill Street
Date
1952
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 40.6 x W 71.1 cm
Accession number
GA0080A
Acquisition method
purchased from the artist, 1952
Work type
Painting
