Suburban landscape.

Beales, David, 1954-

Date:: 2001

Reference:: 3313091i

Pictures

About this work

Description

The lower part of the picture shows people standing on a pavement outside a row of shop windows. Above is a suburban residential area: detatched houses surrounded by grass and a road.

Publication/Creation

[England], 2001.

Physical description

1 painting : acrylic on paper ; 55.7 x 76 cm

Contributors

Beales, David, 1954-artist

Biographical note

David Beales is an artist and writer. He was admitted to Farnborough Psychiatric Unit at the age of 21, and spent the next twenty years in and out of a number of different hospitals. In the early 1990s, he was discharged from Stone House Hospital as part of the Care in the Community initiative. His art portrays the world of psychiatric patients, drug users, musicians and artists, and has been exhibited at Bethlem Museum of the Mind. His compositions are informed by real life events, and are seen by the artist as mapping an area of social history which is underrepresented.

Related material

Acquired with David Beales archive PP/DBL

Terms of use

Creative Commons Attribution - Non-Commercial CC BY-NC 4.0

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3313091i

Notes

Title provided by the artist.

"To distinguish between the different pictures called Suburban Landscape, the title of the first picture is 'Suburban Landscape inspired by Coulsdon'. The row of shops is inspired by the row of shops in Portnalls road, and the row of shops in Chipstead Valley road." David Beales 20/03/2023