William Roberts 1895-1980

Works
Exhibitions
Publications

<span class="title">The Kitchen<span class="title_comma">, </span></span><span class="year">c.1939</span>

<span class="title">The Fishing Contest<span class="title_comma">, </span></span><span class="year">1964-65</span>

<span class="title">Bicycle Boys<span class="title_comma">, </span></span><span class="year">1939</span>

<span class="title">The Good Old Days<span class="title_comma">, </span></span><span class="year">1938-39</span>

<span class="title">Bank Holiday in the Park<span class="title_comma">, </span></span><span class="year">1923</span>

The Kitchen, c.1939
The Fishing Contest, 1964-65
Bicycle Boys, 1939
The Good Old Days, 1938-39
Bank Holiday in the Park, 1923

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William Roberts

The Kitchen, c.1939

watercolour, pencil & crayon on paper

signed lower centre

22 x 14 1/2 in / 55.9 x 36.8 cm

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Provenance

B. Sorocold

Exhibitions

Leicester Galleries, William Roberts, 1945, no. 10

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William Roberts

The Fishing Contest, 1964-65

oil on canvas

signed lower left

82 1/2 x 59 1/2 in / 209.6 x 151.1 cm

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Exhibitions

Royal Academy, London, 1965, no. 171, pl. 23

Arts Council, Retrospective, 1965, no. 106, illus. pl. 23

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William Roberts

Bicycle Boys, 1939

oil on canvas

signed & dated lower right; signed & dated verso

32 x 40 in / 81.3 x 101.6 cm

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Exhibitions

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Young British Painters, 1939, no. 90

Redfern Gallery, London, William Roberts, 1942, no. 29

The Arts Council, Tate Gallery, London touring to Newcastle, Laing Art Gallery, Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, William Roberts Retrospective Exhibition, 1965-1966, no. 62

Museum of Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, La Bicyclette, 1977

Literature

Sir John Rothenstein, Modern English Painters, Lewis to Moore, London, 1956, p. 288

William Roberts, Paintings 1917-1958, 1960, p. 43, illus.

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William Roberts

The Good Old Days, 1938-39

pencil on paper

signed & inscribed

11 x 10 in / 27.9 x 25.4 cm

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Exhibitions

Anthony D'Offay, 1969, no. 23

Tib Lane Gallery, Manchester

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William Roberts

Bank Holiday in the Park, 1923

pencil on paper

signed verso

15 x 12 in / 38.1 x 30.5 cm

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Exhibitions

Chenil Galleries, London, William Roberts, 1923, no. 54

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