Edward Burra

Edward Burra

 Compositional college, 1929, college and ink on paper. 47.63 x 39.37 cm. Private collection.
Originally from Sussex Burra main style was watercolour on a large scale, but then due to WII he began designing scenery ad costume. He is most famous not for college but for his pieces that were unconventional and uncategorisable. Like many artists his work was really something of interest until later in his life and shortly after. This piece in particular is full of depth as within, it tells stories from many different points of view. Using the heads of people from photographs with book pages and newspaper the piece has a juvenile  feel, however is extremely complex and shows a time of war and struggle. There is an image of general and a soldier both grasping onto a women. this image relates to our theme as it shows a memory of a scene a long time ago and a trace of the attitudes many people had in that time. Within this piece I like how different expressions are caught on the subjects faces, and how these are the only aspects of the  image that are detailed, as the rest is mainly made from smaller pieces of other materials.


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