The Essential School of Painting in conjunction with all participating artists and Chiswick Auctions would like to welcome you to our fundraising auction.
Passing San Stefano
by Barbara Rae RA
Mixed media on paper 15x 20 cms
DATE: THE 1st OF DECEMBER 2015
VENUE ADDRESS 1 COLVILLE ROAD, LONDON, W3 8BL
Online Catalogue is available as of November 3rd 2015
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Viewing dates
- 29 Nov 2015 12:00 GMT – 18:00 GMT
- 30 Nov 2015 10:00 GMT – 18:00 GMT
- 01 Dec 2015 10:00 GMT – 11:00 GM
Sula from Rona – Ronan’s Chapel
By Norman Ackroyd
Eching 2011
The school is delighted to be having its first fundraising auction of Contemporary art at Chiswick Auction House on Tuesday 1st December 2015, starting at 11am. The List of contributing artists includes The late John Bellany RA, Barbara Rae RA, Norman Ackroyd RA, Sandy Moffat OBE RSA, Ken Currie, Adrian Wiszniewski, Alison Watt OBE RSA, Gwen Hardie, Henry Kondracki, Dr Leonard McComb RA, Rosemary Beaton, Lesley Burr, Alison Harper amongst other prominent artists.
All proceeds of the auction go towards the future expansion and upkeep of the school and the development of its forthcoming programmes and education projects.
about the school
The Essential School of Painting (The ESOP) is an alternative art school situated in East London, which specialises in drawing and painting courses taught by leading artists such as Ken Currie, Adrian Wiszniewski, Sandy Moffat, Gwen Hardie. At a time when painting and to some extent drawing have been marginalised in many art schools, The ESOP offers positive, intellectually rigorous courses capable of advancing painting in the 21st century.
The ESOP aims to relay the essence and essentials of drawing and painting; with the emphasis on outstanding artist/teachers combined with small class sizes, allowing for maximum tutorial contact time for students.
Ken Currie
at The ESOP 2015
Internationally renowned Scottish artist Ken Currie had this to say about his experience of The ESOP “I’m down here at the ESOP painting school in London in Bethnal Green, very interesting place, it’s a very different kind of environment from a normal art school experience, it’s much less institutionalised, much less formal and there’s a sort of real sense of having a proper engagement with some of the students and who are very receptive to new ideas, very receptive to some of the technical aspects that are involved in painting and I think it’s also a worthwhile experience, an environment that is completely free of some of the kind of very restrictive jargon and theoretical kind of pretensions of what you see in art school these days. It’s a very direct teaching experience I’ve really enjoyed it.” (Click image for video)
The former Head of Painting at Glasgow School of Art Sandy Moffat RSA OBE, largely acknowledged for inspiring and enabling a generation of acclaimed Scottish painters describes The ESOP as currently having “The best Painting Faculty in Britain”.
All are welcome on the day at Chiswick Auction House. The online catalogue will be published from the 3rd of November 2015. For more information please contact the school on admin@theesop.com with the Subject The ESOP Auction Dec 2015.
