he Rothschild Foundation has acquired both by John Piper (1951) and by Edward Bawden (1949-1951), and put – the largest surviving mural from the Festival of Britain 1951 – will be an inaugural loan to the new Museum of London Poultry Market building once it has opened. consists of 42 painted plywood panels many of which have a complex surface with multiple finishes combining impasto with scumbled glazes and incised lines. is a set of conjoined panels forming a screen which was commissioned in 1949 by Sir Colin Anderson, director of the Orient Line shipping company for the First-Class Saloon on the steamship Oronsay.
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Feb 17, 2023
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