Gare du Nord sold The day trippers in small

The day trippers in small craft jostling in amongst the barges at a country lock are reminiscent of many 20th century painters

I absolutely adore them but they are rare and I expect one day soon a cleverer and richer dealer will root out a stash on the continent and make them very expensive overnight

but surely only the full Hollywood treatment could do her justice

or perhaps that’s just the red tunic

Gare du Nord sold The day trippers in smallI dont think there has been a time when we havent had at least one Topolski in the gallery. A giant of twentieth century western illustration and drawing, he recorded every significant historical in twentieth century history from the 1930s until his death. This ink drawing is part of a body of work executed in Paris in 1938, they were finally exhibited in 1973, alongside an illustrated volume, as the Paris Lost series. Lost was not merely a wistful