'St. Francis' and other works in sculpture by Trevor Tennant, 1938
Start Date: January 1938
Type: Exhibition
Description: Monographic exhibition.
Exhibition no. 666
Participants
Exhibitors included (Dudley) Trevor Tennant
January 1938
An exhibition of 19 works which was described in a review in 'The Times' as the first opportunity to judge his work in 'quantity' - 'Mr. Tennant is open to influences, and both Mr. Epstein and Mr. Moore are reflected here and there, but he has a way of his own which is all the more persuasive by the absence of any attempt to be "different". He is primarily a carver and the most successful piece is 'Madonna and Child' in elm. It is an excellent composition, for convenient comparison a little like a Chinese kwin-yin with baroque tendency, with a continuous flow of movement over the softly realised forms...'
Sources
Ernest Brown & Phillips Ltd., The Leicester Galleries. An index of 1422 catalogues of exhibitions of European Modern Art and 20th Century British Art, held between 1902 and 1977
http://www.ernestbrownandphillips.ltd.uk (accessed 17 July 2019)
The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
2008
Modern Sculpture.
The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Jan 12, 1938; pg. 8; Issue 47890. (411 words)
Category: Reviews
Citing this record
'\'St. Francis\' and other works in sculpture by Trevor Tennant, 1938', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=ann_1288734557, accessed 23 Oct 2021]
