Edward Burra Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Edward Burra NPG x132201
© Geoffrey Ireland / National Portrait Gallery, London
by Geoffrey Ireland
Painter. Born in London, Burra studied at Chelsea School of Art (1921-3) and the Royal College of Art (1923-4). He worked in large scale watercolours, as his chronic arthritis made working in oils too painful. Burra was among the first to respond to emergent African-American urban culture and a journey to New York produced a series of wry paintings of Harlem. He also travelled widely in Europe and Mexico. In 1929 his first solo exhibition was held at the Leicester Galleries and he later exhibited... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










