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Gordon Rushmer at Rountree Tryon Gallery
February 8, 2022 @ 10:00 am - February 19, 2022 @ 5:00 pm UTC+0
8 – 19 FEBRUARY 2022
10.00am – 6.00pm
Renowned war artist launches new book with exhibition in Petworth gallery.
Artist Gordon Rushmer who was born in Petersfield and still lives locally has written a book about his years working as an official war artist for the British and Dutch Royal Marines and Special Forces. Fully illustrated with all his paintings from the many military engagements he accompanied abroad, this book and the original artworks will be exhibited by Rountree Tryon Galleries in Petworth from 8th-19th February.
Gordon worked alongside elite military units in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Eritrea from 1997 to 2007 and has written a full account of his experiences, to accompany the watercolour and oil paintings he produced in the field.
Gallery director Chantelle Rountree said, “It continues to be our pleasure to represent Gordon’s work; these works are so important at helping us empathise and understand what war means to those who are part of it. It may come as a surprise to many of his collectors who are more familiar with his bucolic landscapes, to encounter the harrowing realities of war and gain a rare and moving insight into Gordon’s ‘double life’. His work has contributed to the Nation’s major war art collections and should not be missed in this one-off exhibition.”
Rountree Tryon will also be holding his customary landscape exhibition in September, entitled ‘A Road Well Travelled’ with works painted throughout Britain over the last two years.
GORDON RUSHMER – An Artist at War exhibition and book signing will run at Rountree Tryon Galleries, Petworth, West Sussex GU28 0AH from 8th – 19th February.
Further details can be obtained from the gallery website
Tel: 01798 344 207
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