View of Hastings from the west.

  • Beales, David, 1954-
Date:
[1998]
Reference:
3353844i
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About this work

Description

View of the coastline showing beaches with groynes in the sea, cliffs, and the town of Hastings on the left, with a turquoise sea on the right.

Publication/Creation

[England] : [1998]

Physical description

1 painting : acrylic on cartridge paper ; 29.7 x 21 cm

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

Lettering

Painting seashore New Hastings David Beales (written in pencil on the back)

Terms of use

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3353844i

Notes

Title provided by the artist.

Type/Technique

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