Devonian

By Mover

Football and Art

Another Museum Society Day. The speaker today was Dr.Chris Davies, an art historian and lecturer.This was Chris’s third visit, and his talk today was on three artists with connections to Devon, - Beryl Cook, Ben Hartley, and Fred Yates. I dug out one of my old Torquay United programmes for a blip. This has a painting by Beryl Cook on the cover. Ben Hartley lectured at Plymouth College of Art, and Fred Yates came second in the football art competition organised by the Football Association in 1953.
The winner was L S Lowry’s painting Going to the Match. There was a large audience and everyone enjoyed the talk given by a very talented and knowledgeable speaker. It was a beautiful afternoon for a walk - extra

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