Edward Burra
1905–1976
© The estate of Edward Burra, courtesy Lefevre Fine Art, London
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Edward John Burra (29 March 1905 – 22 October 1976) was an English painter, draughtsman, and printmaker, best known for his depictions of the urban underworld, black culture and the Harlem scene of the 1930s.
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The Life and Times of Edward Burra
Edward Burra's paintings of Harlem in the 1930s captured a moment in history epitomised by Jazz and street life ...
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Art Term
Unit One
British group formed by Paul Nash in 1933 to promote modern art, architecture and design
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Edward Burra's The Snack Bar 1930: MicroTate 1
In celebration of the launch of Art Everywhere, we revisit author Elisabeth Robinson's re-imagined story behind Edward Burra's ...
Tate Papers
‘New Ways of Modern Bohemia’: Edward Burra in London, Paris, Marseilles and Harlem: Rothenstein Lecture
Paying close attention to Edward Burra’s letters, scrapbooks and other archival material, Andrew Stephenson reveals the impact that the ...
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Work of the week: Edward Burra Dancing Skeletons
In a dark, dark town there was a dark, dark street
and in the dark, dark street there was a ...
Tate Etc
MicroTate 24
Microtate: Sarah Martin, Simon Martin, Brian Muelaner and Steven Claydon reflect on a work in the Tate Collection
Tate Papers
Wild Geese Over the Mountains: Melodrama and the Sublime in the English Imaginary 1933–9: The Sublime Object
The paper traces the frequency with which familiar tropes of the sublime are used in the writing and painting of ...
Press Release
Tate Liverpool announces exhibition programme for 2010
17 Sep 2009
Tate Liverpool announces exhibition programme for 2010: Press related to exhibition programme.
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A Rye view: Edward Burra
He had six paintings in London’s International Surrealist Exhibition in 1936, but was never formally a surrealist. His work ...
Tate Etc
Mind fields: The changing landscape of Britain
Tate Etc. introduces eleven personal responses to artworks that reflect the changing face of a nation.
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Into the groove: Behind the curtain
In his second visit to the Tate archive, Paul Farley discovers the delights of old vinyl
Sketches, letters, etc.
Paul Nash, recipient: Edward Burra ‘Letter for Ed’ from Paul Nash, with attached images
[c.December 1943]
Paul Nash, Margaret Nash, recipient: Edward Burra Card titled ‘Images at Springfield: Souvenir from Paul and Margaret Nash’
December 1937
Unknown person(s), Paul Nash, recipient: Edward Burra Collage of newspaper cuttings showing two figures embracing
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