Derwent Lees shifting our perspectives on both

shifting our perspectives on both medieval and contemporary ways of life

both reflect his innovative use of colour and glazed materials

visually stimulating and attractive examination of this still topical subject

Without a provenance it is often difficult to establish a work’s authenticity

Derwent Lees shifting our perspectives on bothBringing to light the art and life of Derwent Lees (18841931), an Australian painter who studied and taught at the Slade School of Art in the decade preceding and including the First World War, this comprehensive monograph includes a complete catalogue of the artists known works. Embedded within London's art world, Lees counted Augustus John, J. D. Innes, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Ambrose McEvoy as his close friends. He exhibited works in