When Trains Were Travelling Art Galleries Pt 10/10 - Final British Rail Years & Modern Era 1970-

Episode 10 of the Travelling Art Gallery documentary series of 10. End of the Travelling Picture Show - Final BR Years - 1970-1980 and the Modern Era 1980 - ... Closure of Lines and the withdrawal of railway coaches with the framed carriage prints and adverts. Nostalgia and collectors' market for railwayana auctions; poster exhibitions, the book 'Landscapes under the Luggage Rack' and the future... A video on Collecting Carriage Prints is also available to view on YouTube. The Series is presented by Nick Crane, from the successful long-running BBC TV Coast series and Greg Norden, art collector, railway historian (and relative of Charlie Chaplin). They take us on a fascinating visual journey around Britain, when trains became travelling art galleries and leading watercolour artists of the day produced wonderful landscapes for displaying in railway carriages. During the mid-20th century, fine art became readily accessible to the majority of the general public - perhaps for the first time ever. The railway companies used artwork from over 60 leading watercolour and poster artists of the era, including Rowland Hilder, Frank Mason, Norman Wilkinson, Leonard Squirrell, James McIntosh Patrick, Terence Cuneo, Claude Buckle, Jack Merriott, Frank Wootton, Henry Rushbury, Frank Sherwin, Stanley Badmin and Kenneth Steel to produce over 500 landscape paintings of Britain. For more information about the artwork and prints please visit http://www.travellingartgallery.com Video production by Upbeat Image Ltd - http://upbeatimage.co.uk