About the Artist
Born in 1913 (died 1979), Robb was a contemporary of LS Lowry, though he hasn’t received the attention and attracted the same following. His work belongs to a period of British Art which was perhaps quieter, more sombre and less newsworthy than post 1960’s work. His works perfectly capture a time in Britain (post war) when the streets were a little greyer and London was a very different and less colourful place. He offers a fascinating commentary of the time.
In 2008 The Independent reviewed a touring show curated by Grayson Perry called ‘Unpopular Culture’ that featured Robb alongside Lowry and other contemporaries.
‘Gloom, perhaps, the gloom of mid-20th-century Britain which is where and when the works in the show come from. They’re by artists as famous as LS Lowry, Henry Moore and Bert Hardy and as obscure as Brian Robb, Margaret Lovell and Christine Pearcey. But they’re all joined together by a pervasive mood that is, if not deeply gloomy, then certainly downbeat, low-key, quietly depressed.’
(Tom Lubbock December 2008)
Three Conversations
£3,000
Oil on canvas
1967
Framed in gold leaf frame
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About the Artist
Born in 1913 (died 1979), Robb was a contemporary of LS Lowry, though he hasn’t received the attention and attracted the same following. His work belongs to a period of British Art which was perhaps quieter, more sombre and less newsworthy than post 1960’s work. His works perfectly capture a time in Britain (post war) when the streets were a little greyer and London was a very different and less colourful place. He offers a fascinating commentary of the time.
In 2008 The Independent reviewed a touring show curated by Grayson Perry called ‘Unpopular Culture’ that featured Robb alongside Lowry and other contemporaries.
‘Gloom, perhaps, the gloom of mid-20th-century Britain which is where and when the works in the show come from. They’re by artists as famous as LS Lowry, Henry Moore and Bert Hardy and as obscure as Brian Robb, Margaret Lovell and Christine Pearcey. But they’re all joined together by a pervasive mood that is, if not deeply gloomy, then certainly downbeat, low-key, quietly depressed.’
(Tom Lubbock December 2008)