William Roberts
A Reading of Poetry (or Woman Reading)
About this artwork
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artist:William Roberts (1895 - 1980) English
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title:A Reading of Poetry (or Woman Reading)
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date created:1965
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:61.00 x 50.80 cm; Framed: 82.00 x 71.50 x 7.00 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 3512
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William Roberts
William Roberts
Born in London, Roberts studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1910 to 1913. He joined the vorticist group in 1914, painting in a machine-orientated style which verged on abstraction. During the First World War, Roberts served as an Official War Artist for the Canadian War Records...
