Texture and Light: the Seasons through Art

This is our third year exhibiting at the Weavers Gallery in Ledbury – but with a difference. This year’s exhibition combines original paintings and vintage prints from the 1950s to the 1980s with a complementary selection of landscapes by Val Randle, who is a contemporary artist, all of which are for sale. The exhibition also includes a…

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Join us in Nottingham for the MidCentury Antiques Fair

We’ll be joining this Lady Bay Vintage  Fair at the Nottingham Rugby and Sports Club, 1 Holme Road, Lady Bay, Nottingham, NG52 5AA from 11-4 pm on Saturday 10th December. This well-established event attracts a wide range of dealers in mid-century ceramics, fabrics, furniture and lighting – and we’ll be adding our distinctive contribution of Fifties Art, including…

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New Exhibition – ‘Britain in the Fifties: Design and Aspiration’

This superb exhibition is open until 2nd October at Compton Verney in Warwickshire, a country house and park with a reputation for innovative shows. We’ve been pleased to support it by loaning a few items of ceramics including the ‘red table’, you can’t miss it if you go! Full information is available at: http://www.comptonverney.org.uk/thing-to-do/britain-in-the-fifties/2016-07-09/

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Join us in Bristol at the Vintage Home Show

We’ll be joining the Vintage Home Show at the Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol from 11-4 pm on Sunday 25th September. This well-established event attracts a wide range of dealers in mid-century ceramics, fabrics, furniture and lighting – and we’ll be adding our distinctive contribution of Fifties Art, including paintings, original prints and work by Henry Moore…

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Another successful exhibition in a Church

Following our successful conversion of St Denys’ Church in Worcestershire into an arts centre last November, we repeated the exercise in July with a summery theme. Fifties Art was joined by a range of designer makers including printmakers Carol Stiff and Sue Farr; wildlife photographers Clare and Paul Lloyd, Jamie Cramp with his architectural art…

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Join us at the Midcentury Modern Show in London on 15th May

We’ll be joining over 50 of the top dealers in twentieth century  design at the Midcentury Modern Show in London on 15th May from 10 am to 4 pm. The venue is the Oval cricket ground (Alec Stewart Gate), Kennington, south London. We’ll have available a choice selection of midcentury art, ceramics and fabrics – and the chance…

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Making Britain Modern – Exhibition Extended

The current and very popular exhibition of mid-century art and design at the Weavers’ Gallery Ledbury has been extended into next weekend and will also be open on Sunday 8th May from 10 am-4.30 pm. The exhibition combines art, ceramics and fabrics and includes a wide range of work including by Henry Moore and John…

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Making Britain Modern – New Exhibition

Following last year’s ‘View from the Fifties’, this exhibition and sale offers a new range of mid-century art and design. Using a combination of realist and abstract styles, original paintings and vintage prints will explore the themes of ‘town and country’ and ‘work and home’ in Britain and abroad.   The exhibition includes work by such well-known…

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John Piper joins fiftiesart

John Piper was a unique artist and designer whose work has yet to receive full recognition and which will surely be reflected in its value. He spanned a huge range of media from printmaking, painting, drawing and illustration to photography, stained glass, ceramic and fabric design, stage sets, murals and costume design. His style remained…

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Mid-century Art in a Medieval Church!

This year’s second successful exhibition was held in St Denys’ Church, Worcestershire, which we converted to an arts centre for 3 days in November. Under the theme of ‘Landscape in Post-war British art’, we combined original paintings and prints with 1950s’ ceramics to attract over 150 visitors. We focused on 3 artists who were especially active over the…

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