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To: AnAmericanMother

Where is that middle image set? Reminds me of Moore's subway drawings from WWII, but the setting is very different.


9 posted on 10/30/2006 6:49:15 AM PST by Republicanprofessor
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To: Republicanprofessor
It's an Ardizzone drawing of one the same scenes Moore drew -- the big arches in one of the London subway stations being used as a shelter. That's why it looks familiar!

Ardizzone is probably best known for his "precious" Victorian illustrations of children's books. He was a dab hand at creating atmosphere, but his peculiar distortions of the human figure always put me off a little.

(from Trollope's Barchester Towers)

His portraits, especially of children, are beautiful, saying much with few lines.


10 posted on 10/30/2006 7:06:14 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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