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Thomas Balston

Mark Gertler (1891–1939)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Thomas Balston

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Thomas Balston (1883–1967), a member of the Whatman paper-making dynasty, worked from 1921 to 1934 for the publishing house Duckworth & Co, where he employed many wood engravers as illustrators. In the same period he was a keen supporter of Gertler. This portrait, made in 1921, shows Balston in a close-up view. His jacket is painted with powerful, broad outlines and is modelled with a pattern of dynamic brushstrokes.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Title

Thomas Balston

Date

1921

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 51 x W 41 cm

Accession number

WA1968.21

Acquisition method

Bequeathed by Thomas Balston through the Art Fund, 1968

Work type

Painting

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Mark Gertler

1891–1939

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