Lacock Abbey, from the West
John Piper (Epsom 1903 – Henley-on-Thames 1992)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1942 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 1385 mm
Place of origin
Chippenham
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 996351
Caption
The artist, best known for his views of Britain’s landscape and churches has depicted a stormy wartime impression of Lacock Abbey. He visited the Abbey in March 1942, whilst he was surveying bomb damage in nearby Bath and commented on the sinister nature of the terracotta figures and the Abbey’s decrepitude. It was bequeathed by Alec Clifton-Taylor (1907 – 1985), the well-known architectural historian and TV presenter, through the Art Fund, and has hung at Lacock from 1987.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Lacock Abbey, from the West, by John Piper (Epsom 1903 – Henley-on-Thames 1992), signed bottom right John Piper, 1942.
Provenance
Bequeathed by Alec Clifton-Taylor (1907-85), through the National Art Collections Fund, and hung at Lacock from 1987.
Credit line
Lacock Abbey, National Trust (Bequeathed by Alec Clifton-Taylor (1907 - 1985), through the National Art Collections Fund)
Marks and inscriptions
Recto: John Piper Verso: Alex Reid and Lefevre Ltd painted during the last week in March 1942, bought by Alec Clifton-Taylor on 13 April 1942
Makers and roles
John Piper (Epsom 1903 – Henley-on-Thames 1992), artist
