John Tunnard
Sanctuary
About this artwork
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artist:John Tunnard (1900 - 1971) English
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title:Sanctuary
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date created:Dated 1943
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materials:Gouache, watercolour and black chalk on paper
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measurements:38.10 x 55.70 cm (framed: 67.40 x 85.30 x 5.20 cm)
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Miss Elizabeth Watt 1989
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accession number:GMA 3519
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John Tunnard
John Tunnard
Tunnard studied at the Royal College of Art in London and worked as a textile designer early in his career. On moving to Cornwall in 1930, he devoted increasing amounts of time to painting. During the Second World War Tunnard served as a coastguard and his paintings of this period show a...
