This segment was quite wonderful. I really enjoyed the candid enthusiasm from the curator due to her personal connection to the artist. Lovely.
@buddhistjustbud11 ай бұрын
I agree ❤
@Vee_of_the_Weald11 ай бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this. Eric would be proud of his granddaughter. She’s so gracious, eloquent and charismatic. Lovely.
@favouritemoon413311 ай бұрын
That was absolutely wonderful from start to finish. There was something very special for me in the connection between the curator presenting the work and the artist's history, and the artist himself.
@jamesmortimer440511 ай бұрын
What a brilliant film…. Both insightful and personal! Well done V&A!!
@russellgibbon862111 ай бұрын
Thank you Ella! I had not realised that my hero, your grandad Eric Ravilious shared my own admiration for the work of Samuel Palmer. I am smiling broadly . . . .
@abilenechristianuniversity732611 ай бұрын
This irresistible documentary is definitely enriched by our narrator's familial connection with the artist and his milieu--I hope Ella will author a biography--but it also provides a very helpful tracing of the artistic networks in which he moved and worked. I'm deeply grateful for the care and thought that went into its production!
@vamuseum11 ай бұрын
Ella has! Here it is: www.vam.ac.uk/shop/books/eric-ravilious%3A-landscape-and-nature-167255.html
@MyKingdomForAK911 ай бұрын
@@vamuseum Thank you❣️❤️
@Vee_of_the_Weald11 ай бұрын
How wonderful!
@abilenechristianuniversity732611 ай бұрын
Thank you for the link! Much appreciated.@@vamuseum
@petersolomon522711 ай бұрын
An elegantly produced film essay on the life and artwork of Eric Ravilious.
@mariadange064 ай бұрын
Really really interesting, and beautifully curated by a relative of the artist.
@ZoeLateNight11 ай бұрын
Enjoying the longer length of this! Beautiful artwork. Thank you to the team!
@mariemorgan77594 ай бұрын
So glad that the V&A have a KZbin channel, never heard of this artist before. Thank You.💕🙏
@RichardLaurence11 ай бұрын
The longer format is wonderful! What an interesting and poignant story…
@lynnblack649311 ай бұрын
What a pleasure to be included in the personal history of a grandfather.
@lynnblack649311 ай бұрын
A very talented Grandfather I should add!😊
@HayleeMcCutcheon11 ай бұрын
Such a great story and a wonderful artist! The narrators passion for the subject was what helped keep me engaged. I look forward to more like this!
@burntpaw764511 ай бұрын
What a beautiful film. There’s something so evocative about the atmosphere in Ravilious work that can be quite hard to articulate- but it’s really captured in this presentation x
@lesleyhawes689511 ай бұрын
It amazes me that so many of these comments reveal a total lack of previous knowledge of the life and work of Eric Ravillious. I am 80 years old in a fortnight, and I've known and loved his work since my early teens!
@ameryek.960711 ай бұрын
What a wonderful artist & documentary! Eric Ravilious' work is instantly recognizable. He is not much known here in the U.S., unfortunately. I guess there needs to be bio-pic, then more people will learn. He did so much more work than could be shown here. His granddaughter is the perfect person to introduce ER to a wider audience. Thanks so much for posting this, V & A!
@manuelasilva935910 ай бұрын
I recall a wonderful exhibition at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Thank you for reviving the memory!
@jonrutherford68529 ай бұрын
Deeply engaging works in some of the most demanding media (woodblock engraving; watercolor) -- with enlivening whimsy adding to the appeal. Many thanks for this enjoyable tour of the artist's career and output!
@matthedlund50211 ай бұрын
Wonderful documentary. More about Eric Ravilious please!
@vamuseum11 ай бұрын
You can see lots of his work in Explore the Collections! collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?q=Eric+Ravilious&year_made_from=&year_made_to=
@matthedlund50211 ай бұрын
thank you, @@vamuseum
@nickupton212311 ай бұрын
Lovely programme, thanks. Ravilious’s pictures of Sussex chalk landscapes are wonderful
@moyashisoba11 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing this story. Beautiful to watch.
@emanuelecanepa631211 ай бұрын
Sono molto felice di avere scoperto, con questo video, uno splendido e affascinante artista. Spero di poter vedere presto le sue opere. Commovente la sua tragica morte. Grazie!
@jaycee699611 ай бұрын
Brilliant! I first saw Eric Ravilious's work over 50 years ago and have loved it ever since. He was a big influence on my own print making along with Edward Bawden and Paul Nash. The first children's books I read were illustrated with prints, largely woodcuts, which from a very early age I fell in love with.
@larosaprofunda10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this wonderful and profound documental!!! regards from Argentina😍
@bteuben-faber82154 ай бұрын
And from Holland as well!
@hwizell747811 ай бұрын
Lovely work from my grandmother’s generation Thank you for posting this 👏
@maggierobinson65379 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this recording. I've always enjoyed looking at Ravilious's work at the Towner and other galleries. Well done producing such a interesting short documentary.
@josephmessner531211 ай бұрын
Wonderful snapshot of an unknown artist (to me). I like her enthusiasm !!
@judithgriffiths748711 ай бұрын
Absolutely lovely. Interesting and informative, uplifting too.
@timrutter502511 ай бұрын
I was taught by Enid Marx at Winchester school of Art, how fabulous to have met her and that she knew Ravillious
@amb16311 ай бұрын
I really enjoy his early works with woodcuts --- they have a kind of German Expressionist feeling about them. Like the backgrounds in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. I also like his later works from the field as a war artist. He works well with a quick hand.
@movingpicutres9911 ай бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful documentary. ❤
@meretelinneberg454411 ай бұрын
So sad he went missing on Iceland.. Beautiful works..
@pyewackett511 ай бұрын
With Palmer & Nash as his early inspirations he couldnt go wrong. On solid ground with those two.
@barbaracovey11 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Amazing work.
@sarahmcleary460311 ай бұрын
Great video, I love all the connections to the collection. Away to look up Peggy Angus now
@princesspinstripe11 ай бұрын
This was absolutely fascinating! Thank you.
@fcp10510 ай бұрын
Loved this introduction to your grandfather. Thank you
@radicalcartoons276611 ай бұрын
Thank you for this introduction to this wonderful artist. At 22:39 in the landscape painting, is it just me, or does it look like he has included a large floating stone, maybe on it's way to a stone circle? Alfred Watkins book The Old Straight Track was published in 1925. He thought that chalk hill figure represented an ancient surveyor holding it's sighting rods.
@infantteacher111 ай бұрын
Thank you. An inspirational film.
@bia.M10 ай бұрын
Wow. absolutely loved this video through and through
@Undermarysmantleforever11 ай бұрын
Beautiful collection.
@tonkabeancat111710 ай бұрын
Thank you- what an inspiring insight into Ravilious's artistic beginnings.
@oscarsimon199811 ай бұрын
More videos like this, please! ☺️
@rtredre11 ай бұрын
Outstanding!
@robhead2211 ай бұрын
What a great video. Its both Informative and inspiring!! Thank you!
@retromusings10 ай бұрын
Absolutely loved this. The story was mesmerising and magical!
@adambarker313011 ай бұрын
Excellent. There are many echoes of the career of Charles Tunnicliffe, the wildlife artist. He was two years older than Eric. I wonder if their paths crossed at the RCA. Both were superlative etchers and book illustrators.
@hilariapdx9 ай бұрын
Marvelous. Thank you.
@MsSherryjh11 ай бұрын
Wow, fascinating. Thank you so much.
@TheTennisCourtBuildersAdelaide5 ай бұрын
Keep up the great work!
@susprime701811 ай бұрын
I would think an Antique Shop would better inform an artistic development than an Army Colonel, but happy they found one another, handsome couple, thanks for sharing and thanks to your Grandfather, another fine young man sacrificed for country.
@sharonzotoff397511 ай бұрын
While his style of work doesn't particularly hold my attention, it's always deeply interesting to peek behind the curtain and know more about an artists life and inspirations. I did love the bedroom painting. It's one I could lose myself in.
@Voguegirl-dn5vyАй бұрын
Just watched the film about him which was on Sky Arts. His work is lovely i especially like the black and white wood engravings. His work is very meaningful especially during his time in the second world war and how he depicted it in his illustrations. He is in the same catagory as Paul Nash and artists that depicted the war. It’s very sad and tragic how he died in iceland. I hope his work is on display in the Imperial War Museum. I would love to see it or if they had an exhibition of his work at the IWM or V&A.
@davidbrownlee738911 ай бұрын
Beautifully done thankyou.
@lorawaring88311 ай бұрын
wow. thank you!
@TimArrowsmithDesign11 ай бұрын
Lovely ! 👏🧡
@offyarocka11 ай бұрын
🤩🤩🤩
@johnmorgan549511 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@mzaliwa11 ай бұрын
It's a tawny owl
@petebibby372611 ай бұрын
Delightful
@penihavir177711 ай бұрын
Great information, and from what I could tell, lovely images. But the jerking, flipping, quick-shifting images gave me a blinding headache. Perhaps you need to include a warning at the beginning of this type of film. Flashing lights don’t bother me, but this really did.
@MyKingdomForAK911 ай бұрын
I agree. I tapped the gear emoji, located in the upper-righthand corner, and slowed the Playback.😊
@RecalledtoLife11 ай бұрын
Do you know what became of the woman who decided to give up her scholarship to become a missionary?
@rickh371410 ай бұрын
She ended up in a missionary position.😉
@chinchillin628011 ай бұрын
Narrator looks like her grandpa!
@tiwantiwaabibiman260310 ай бұрын
Not "scrapbooks". Those are the artists' art journals. Theres a difference...
@zzausel11 ай бұрын
Woodcut and woodengraving are very different technics, you should correct your text.
@AudreyWatson-c8k3 ай бұрын
Am I the only person who finds the background music annoying.
@ryanjohnson855511 ай бұрын
Why does this history of an artist show the contact sheets displaying Ilford HP5 as the film type? Ilford HP was produced in the 1930‘s - HP5 was not introduced until 1976. This invalidates the time line of the photos and is poor historical story telling. The V & A is a high budget museum with a great collection, were are your video proof readers.
@DB-pm2vy11 ай бұрын
Pity the pictures aren’t left long enough to look at carefully. Too much of the curator and the story and not enough of the works themselves.
@ameliacorin738311 ай бұрын
@DB-pm2vy I"ll second that.
@susanfraser637111 ай бұрын
I agree. I also found the "jerkiness" of the slideshow presentation distracting. Panning across the art would allow the viewer to take in more of the elements she is talking about.
@favouritemoon413311 ай бұрын
I find the pause button useful in a *lot* of art videos.
@roybooth790411 ай бұрын
Come now, it is 'Artist in focus', delivered with a special excitement and pride that evidently comes from being granddaughter to the artist and familiar with his works from earliest life. That was the vivifying interest, a professional life in the museum that circles back to the artist's works, training, and too short life. If you want to study the works in digital form, they are easily found, ponder them as long as you like.
@jamesmortimer440511 ай бұрын
Google the images or read a book… genuinely beautiful video
@michealmccabe466611 ай бұрын
Quite engrossed one of my favourites and very interesting perspective
@jeanneblondewomanstamping978811 ай бұрын
The artist’s works are wonderful. But oh my goodness I can barely stand to watch this. The choppy jumpy cuts when showing the photos& works is horribly distracting. 😢🫣😖
@MyKingdomForAK911 ай бұрын
Drastically slow-it-down, by tapping the gear emoji, located in the upper right-hand corner, and via Playback, select a slower speed.😊