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Reference numberRAH/5/1/15
TitleReady for the Performance
DescriptionWatercolour painting of the Royal Albert Hall's auditorium just before a show. The stage, organ and lighting are depicted.
Date2011
Physical DescriptionWatercolour painting. Framed and glazed.
FormatPainting
Extent1 painting
LevelItem
Creator NameTrevor Frankland PPRWSS RE RBA Hon RI (1931-2011).
Frankland studied at the Laird School of Art Birkenhead and the Royal Academy School of Painting London. Frankland taught at Medway College of Art, Hornsey School of Art, and Middlesex University as an Associate Senior Lecturer. Frankland was elected as a member of The Royal Society of British Artists, The Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, The London Group, The Art Worker's Guild and The Royal Watercolour Society, of which he was the President (2003-2006) as well as the Honorary Curator from 1997. He was also an Honorary Member of The Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours and in 2002 he was elected a member of The Small Paintings Group. The recipient of many prizes, one of the earliest being a Royal Academy Silver Medal for drawing and one of the latest the RBA De Laszlo Medal. He was appointed a director, trustee and secretary of the RBA Ltd in 2000. His work is represented in both public and private collections.
Administrative HistoryCommissioned by RAH and Royal Watercolour Society (RWS) for and exhibition at the RAH, 'A Year in the Life of the Royal Albert Hall' held at the RAH 23 April-7 June 2011. Also hung in the RWS Spring Exhibition at Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street, London.
Custodial HistoryIn the possession of the Royal Albert Hall since 2011.
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