In May 2024, Michael Chaplin wrote a piece for The QT on the lost world of the artist Charlie Rogers and his haunting images of Gateshead — the hometown he loved so much
A brilliant artist and a terrific write-up. Such a shame he hit intellectual snobbery, especially when one of the first paintings shown here looks so very like the work of John Bratby, who became an RA. But then he was born in Wimbledon. We still have a north/south divide. 😡
A brilliant artist and a terrific write-up. Such a shame he hit intellectual snobbery, especially when one of the first paintings shown here looks so very like the work of John Bratby, who became an RA. But then he was born in Wimbledon. We still have a north/south divide. 😡