Robert Polhill Bevan

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From 1889 Bevan lived and worked abroad and was influenced by French artists including Gauguin, whom he met while living at Pont-Aven, Brittany in 1893–1894. He settled in London in 1900 and was introduced to the Fitzroy Street circle of artists by Spencer Gore and Harold Gilman who noticed his work in the Allied Artists' Association exhibition of 1908. He went on to become a founding member of the Camden Town Group. Bevan's main subjects included street scenes, cab-yards and horse sales. The painting can be dated from the patches on the wall where sketches had been hung. These were covered over by the redecoration of Bevan's house in 1914.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Robert Polhill Bevan

Date

1913–1914

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 45.7 x W 35.6 cm

Accession number

5201

Acquisition method

Purchased, 1978

Work type

Painting

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