Figure with Flowers Scottish Show 2022 Although not from his WPA

Although not from his WPA period this is a relatively early work and its appeal and ultimately its value is derived entirely from the subject

the only frame we had handy is this remarkable museum quality gesso and gold affair so now it’s even bigger

it was when sitting in the wings or dressing rooms back stage that Berjole really excelled

I imagined that it was a very stylised portrait but found an old black and white image of the young socialite at a ball in 1945 and it’s a pretty good likeness

celebrating the optimism and rediscovery of England and Englishness that accompanied the new Elizabethan era of the 1950s

Figure with Flowers Scottish Show 2022 Although not from his WPAIn our Cecil Court Gallery.