Digital preservation… cataloguing public art for future generations. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
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Writing on the wall: Art UK digitises thousands of murals as street artworks go mainstream
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Commissioned by John Baker & Co., the painting shows women making 4.5-inch shells at the Kilnhurst Steel Works in Rotherham, England during the First World War. As men left for military service, women entered heavy industry in unprecedented numbers, and British artist Stanhope Alexander Forbes records that shift with unusual seriousness. This is not a symbolic allegory of labor, but a hard, dangerous workplace of heat, weight, and precision. Inside a dark steelworks, a group of adult women labors around a blazing industrial process. The space is crowded with soot-black beams, shadowed platforms, and a steep stair rising at left. At the center, the furnace and freshly heated metal cast orange light across the workers’ faces, aprons, sleeves, and skirts. Several women bend, lift, guide, or brace themselves around a long glowing form being moved toward a steam hydraulic press. Their bodies are strong, coordinated, and alert rather than ornamental with sleeves rolled, posture forward, and attention fixed on timing and heat. Some wear caps or scarves. Others have their hair pulled back. The light catches flushed skin, pale cuffs, and the hot shine of metal against the near-black interior, making the women’s teamwork the real center of the picture. In the foreground, two women lean over a pile of hollow metal shell casings, creating an intimate counterpoint to the larger machinery and busier industrial floor behind them. Munition workers were often nicknamed “canaries” because chemical exposure could yellow the skin and hair, a reminder that patriotic labor also carried bodily risk. By 1918, Forbes was an established painter associated with the Newlyn School, and the work feels both documentary and humane. Rather than isolate a single heroine, he presents a collective portrait of women whose skill kept wartime production moving. The painting honors endurance and mutual reliance while making visible a history of women’s labor that was essential and too often temporary.
“The Munition Girls” by Stanhope Alexander Forbes (British) - Oil on canvas / 1918 - Science Museum (London) #WomenInArt #StanhopeAlexanderForbes #ScienceMuseumLondon #art #artText #BlueskyArt #IndustrialArt #WWIart #BritishArtist #ArtUK #WomenAtWork #CornishArt #BritishArt #1910sArt #NewlynSchool
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Process of creating Angel . For show deep levels of art I use multiple layers techniques to show the deep tone of figure .
#art #portrait #artuk #usart #flamanceart #renesance #arttoday #portraitpainting #atrist #style #top
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'The Park' - Acrylics on canvas
#art #artwork #landscape #abstract #canvas #painting #original #arte #arts #Suffolk #ukart #UK #sunset #Park #trees #artoftheday #artist #artinsuffolk #acrylicpainting #canvaspainting #artuk #suffolkart #artworks #commissioned
www.artinsuffolk.co.uk
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Have you seen @unisouthampton.bsky.social's art collection on @artukdotorg.bsky.social? As part of the UoS Digital Scholarship team, I got to digitise works from the collection for online access. Such a fun project & an amazing chance to work closely with the artworks.
#ArtUK #DigitalScholarshipUoS
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'Mountain Runner' - 40x40cm acrylics on canvas.
#art #artwork #abstract #painting #artsy #arte #mountain #abstractart #acrylic #canvas #originalpainting #originalart #artinsuffolk #ukart #artuk #artoftheday #arts #artist #jogger #landscape #uk #commissioned
www.artinsuffolk.co.uk
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His residency culminated in the exhibition Nàdar/Prakriti in 2018, the artist’s first UK solo show, at Edinburgh Printmakers as part of Edinburgh Art Festival.
#onlineartexchange #artuk #landandsea @artukdotorg.bsky.social
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'Through a Glass Darkly' was made during the darkest period of John Bellany's life leading up to his liver transplant surgery.
Through a Glass Darkly, John Bellany, 1987, sugarlift aquatint etching, 102x71
#ArtUK #LightandDark @artukdotorg.bsky.social
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Read the weekly art market news highlights briefing - all sources provided:
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#art #artmarket #artlondon #artuk
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'River & Terrain' - Acrylics on canvas.
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#art #arts #river #Suffolk #flatford #artinsuffolk #artist #ukart #landscape #acrylicpainting #canvas #painting ##originalpainting #artuk #arte #artsy #artoftheday #wallart #ukartist #countryside #nature #artwork #abstract #trees
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'Alpenglow'- 50x50cm acrylics on canvas.
#abstract #abstract-esque #painting #canvaspainting #originalpainting #artwork #art #arts #flowers #artinsuffolk #ukart #uk #arte #artsy #artoftheday #acrylicpainting #localartist #artofbluesky #floral #artist #acrylic #artforyourhome #artuk #arts
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'River Stour' - 50x50cm acrylics on canvas.
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#art #arts #landscape #Stour #Suffolk #artinsuffolk #River #suffolklandscapes #ukart #uk #artuk #localartist #canvaspainting #landscapepainting #englishart #acrylicpainting #arte #artsy #originalart #painting #artwork
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'A Suffolk Lane' - Acrylics on canvas
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#art #artwork #Suffolk #artinsuffolk #UK #artuk #artoftheday #artsy #arte #landscape #acrylicpainting #originalart #canvas #canvaspainting #artist #landscapepainting ##artcollector #lane #country #countryside #sunny #sun #summer
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A Snapshot of PMC Art The Printmakers Council UK- 60th Anniversary celebrations - Artists Celebrating Innovation-check out the members work. Such lively variety of styles, ideas and print processes - search or go to https:// printmakerscouncil.com/pmc60-a-snapshot-of-members-work/ #artists #printmaking #uk #britishprintmaking #pmc #artuk #printmakerscounciluk #art #printmaking #london
A Snapshot of PMC Artists
The Printmakers Council UK- 60th Anniversary celebrations - check out the variety of members work printmakerscouncil.com/pmc60-a-snap...
#artists #printmaking #uk #britishprintmaking #pmc #artuk #printmakerscounciluk #art
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Watercolour painting of a ginger and white cat with a blue tie on. The background is blue and fades down to a light peachy colour.
Watercolour portrait from last year ✨
#catlovers #cat #catpainting #gingercats #catart #catcommision #art #painting #watercolouruk #ukartist #artuk
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A watercolour painting of an orange breasted finch sitting in a branch. This painting is framed and available for purchase.
A watercolour painting of an orange breasted finch sitting in a branch. This painting is framed and available for purchase.
Orange Finch - original watercolour painting, ready for purchase ✨
#orangefinch #birdlover #artlover #birdpainting #birdart #finch #watercolour #artuk #framedart #painting #buyart
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‘Spring has Sprung and so must I’ - watercolour painting, available for purchase.
#bullfinch #birdlovers #birdart #watercolour #watercolourart #painting #artuk #ukartist #londonart #originalart #buyart
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One from 2023. Such a beautiful horse, I had the privilege of painting this after they crossed the rainbow bridge 🌈
#rainbowbridge #horse #horselovers #horses #horsepainting #petpainting #watercolour #watercolourart #artuk #ukartist #artcommision #loveanimals #memorialpainting
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#zebra #zebrapainting #animalart #watercolour #watercolourart #artuk #ukart #ukartist #beautiful #brave #painting
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‘Gold Starling’
Now framed and ready for purchase ✨
#starling #birdart #birdpainting #painting #watercolour #ukartist #ukart #artgifts #birdlovers #artuk
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It’s filled with love and compassion for the lessons we take on in this life.
#painting #goldleaf #artforsale #originalart #artUK #leopard #homedecore #artgifts #watercolour
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You can see 10 of our Bellany prints currently on display in the Edinburgh City Art Centre's current exhibition John Bellany: A Life in Self-Portraiture.
Port Seton Harbour, John Bellany, c.1985, etching, 28x38
#ArtUK #SelfPortraits @artukdotorg.bsky.social
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I'm so excited to be part of this year's Liverpool Art Fair!
Add in your summer activities calendar and go check it out between 11th July and 25th August! In the Royal Liver Building.
liverpoolartfair.com
#liverpoolartfair2025 #affordableart #artfairuk #artcollector #art #artuk #artexhibitionuk
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Contemporary British artist Barbara Walker powerfully depicts herself close-up as a serious Black woman with long braids, wearing a coral-colored shirt. With dark brown skin that is richly textured and painted with visible brushstrokes, giving it a sense of depth and dimension, we sense her age and experience. Her dark brown hair is styled in long, thin meticulously-done braids that cascade down her shoulders and partially obscure her shoulders. She is wearing a simple, loose-fitting, orangish-red colored shirt with a casual neckline that is warm and complements her skin tone. The brushwork on the shirt suggests a soft, slightly uneven fabric. Walker’s face is detailed with carefully rendered features. Her eyes are dark, expressive, and commanding. Her gaze is directed towards us, but there is a subtle sense of distance in her expression. Her lips are slightly parted, and her mouth is set in a neutral, almost serious expression. There's a slight hint of weariness in her eyes and the subtle lines around them. The light in the painting is soft and even, with no harsh shadows, creating a calm atmosphere. She varies her brushstrokes in the painting, but they work together in harmony. The intense detail around her hair, lips, and eyes does not seem out of place against the thicker, patchy brushstrokes of her chest and shirt to create a memorable portrait that depicts her own definition of self beauty and not the standards of others. Walker’s artwork is informed by the social, political and cultural realities that affect her life and the lives of those around her. Growing up in Birmingham, her experiences have directly shaped a practice concerned with issues of class and power, gender, race, representation and belonging. Her figurative drawings and paintings tell contemporary stories hinged on historical circumstances, making them universally understood and reflecting a human perspective on the state of affairs in her native Britain and elsewhere.
Self Portrait by Barbara Walker (British) - Oil on canvas / 2000 - Usher Gallery (Lincoln, England) #womeninart #womanartist #femaleartist #art #BritishArtist #womensart #artwork #BarbaraWalker #UsherGallery #LincolnMuseum #portraitofawoman #selfportrait #oilpainting #fineart #BritishArt #ArtUK
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Getting some lovely ‘Nana’ vibes from this portrait by Maggie Hambling #MaggieHambling found on #ArtUk website. #WomenArtists #BritishArt
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Gill Tyson's work explores remote landscapes on the west coast of Scotland using lithography.
Windmills in the Sky, Gill Tyson, 2003, lithograph, 35 x 54 cm
#ArtUK #Windmills @artukdotorg.bsky.social
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New #job Learning and Engagement Officer
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Apply by 22 Apr 2025. More details here: gem.org.uk/jobs/learnin...
#GEMJobs #MuseumJobs #Learning #Outreach #Engagement #MuseumEd #GEM #ArtUk #ArtJobs
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I cannot believe that two of my paintings have sold – just one hour after the subscribers sale started –THANK YOU SO MUCH! ❤
Sale prices range from just £40 to £90. You can still access the sale, just subscribe to my newsletter: gmartinartist.co.uk/subscribe/
#artsale #affordableart #giftsUK #artuk
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Bring some of Ray Harryhausen's incredible artwork into your life through @artukdotorg.bsky.social's range of high quality prints.
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Many of Ray's incredible key drawings & sketches are available in a variety of sizes, both framed and unframed.
#RayHarryhausen #artuk
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