'St Mary le Port, Bristol', John Piper | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

John Piper (1903‑1992)

Title

St Mary le Port, Bristol

Date 1940

MediumOil paint and graphite on canvas on wood

Dimensionssupport: 762 x 635 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946

Reference

N05718

On display at Tate Britain

Theme: BP Walk through British Art

Room: 1940

Display caption

Piper was commissioned as a war artist during the Second World War, painting the ‘Home Front’. In this capacity he made a series of paintings of bombed buildings, visiting the sites to take photographs and make sketches, which formed the basis for a series of paintings. St Mary le Port was hit in the attacks on Bristol Docks in November 1940.

May 2007

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