Group    From 1940 

Arts Council of England / Great Britain

Categories: Art

1940 the Committee for Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) was set up by Royal Charter. About 1946 it became the Arts Council of Great Britain and in 1994 it was split into national bodies, hence the Arts Council of England.

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Arts Council of England / Great Britain

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Festival of Britain - London Pride

London Pride. Frank Dobson CBE, RA. 1886 - 1963. Commissioned for The Festi...

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Morley Mosaics - KEW - Annie McCall

Dr Annie McCall, born 1859. Annie founded the Clapham Maternity Hospital and ...

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Morley mosaics - KEW - Heather Rabbatts

Heather Rabbatts, born 1955. Heather was a Jamaican born British lawyer, busi...

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Morley mosaics - KEW - Hester Thrale

Hester Thrale, born 1741. Hester was a colourful member of London society, no...

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Morley mosaics - KEW - Jude Kelly

Jude Kelly, born 1954. Jude is a theatre director and producer with over 100 ...

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foundation of the Barbican Arts Centre

foundation of the Barbican Arts Centre

1971 - Construction work begins with an estimate of 6 years to completion. 1982 - Barbican opened by The Queen. Londonist have found a map that shows the Barbican overlaid on top of the old street...

Event, Art

1 memorial
Samuel Palmer (artist)

Samuel Palmer (artist)

Landscape painter. Born Surrey Square, SE17. Little formal training. 1826 -1835 he lived in Shoreham, Kent which he painted as a pastoral paradise. Associated with William Blake and John Linnell, w...

Person, Art

2 memorials
Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman

Cartoonist and illustrator. Born in Wallasey, Cheshire. Best known for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books. He had a long partnership with the American journalist Hunte...

Person, Art

1 memorial
Nicholas Dimbleby

Nicholas Dimbleby

Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan.

Person, Art

1 memorial
Richard Dadd

Richard Dadd

Painter. Born Chatham in Kent. Died in a lunatic asylum at Broadmoor, outside London of "an extensive disease of the lungs".

Person, Art

1 memorial

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William Brite

William Brite

Second Lieutenant William Oswald Brite was born on 8 May 1916, the elder child of James Madison Brite (1894-1965) and Ruth Hazel Brite née Pillow (1896-1936), in Posey County, Indiana, USA. He att...

Person, USA

War dead, WW2
1 memorial