The Brotherhood of Ruralists Information Website - Graham Ovenden Artist Catalogue 1950-1970

We are currently developing this catalogue of works by Graham Ovenden. It will be many months until it can be regarded as comprehensive, but work is being carried out almost continuously. Works are listed by year of completion or first exhibition.

1955

Fancy Wares Stall, Club Row, photograph {A1, B8}

Beech Roots, New Forest, photograph, 4" x 5 7/8" {A1}

Farm Implement near Southampton, photograph {A1}

Ivy, photograph, 11 1/2" x 9" {A1}

Harpsichord, built and painted by Ovenden, completed, June 1955 {A1}

1956

Tree Form near Southampton, photograph, 5 7/8" x 4 1/8" {A1}

Whitechapel Scullery, photograph, 11 3/4" x 7 1/2" {A1, B8}

Whitechapel, photograph, 11 3/4" x 7 1/2" {B8}

1957

Near Wapping Old Stairs, photograph, 11 5/8" x 8 3/4" {A1, B8}

Shad Thames, photograph, 6 1/2" x 13 1/2" {A1, B8}

Club Row, photograph, 10 1/2" x 7 1/4" {A1, B8, A3}

Brick Lane, photograph {B8}

Whitechapel, photograph {B8}

Old Woman, Stepney, photograph {B8}

Stepney, photograph {B8}

Bomb Site Games, photograph {B8}

1958

Courtyard, Stepney, photograph {A1}

Stepney, photograph {B8}

Argument, Stepney, photograph {A3} possibly same as Stepney, 1958

1959

Broken Window, Stepney, photograph, 8 5/8" x 9 1/4" {A1}

Old Woman, Stepney, photograph, 9 3/8" x 6 3/4" {A1}

Coal Cart, Kings Cross, photograph, 11 3/4" x 8 3/4" {A1}

Stepney Street Kids, photograph, 6 3/4" x 10 3/8" {A1, A3}

Sharp Sales, photograph, 9 3/8" x 6 1/4" {A1, B8}

Bookworm, Cub Row, photograph {B8}

Stepney [I], photograph {B8}

Stepney [II], photograph {B8}

Rotherhithe, photograph {B8}

1960

Out From School, Whitechapel, photograph, 7 3/4" x 7 1/4" {A1}

Grocer's Shop, Stepney, photograph, 8" x 11 1/4" {A1, B8}

Bethnal Green, photograph {B8}

Old Kent Road, photograph {B8}

Brink Lane, photograph {B8}

Shoreditch, photograph {B8}

Girl and Puppy, Brick Lane, photograph {B8}

Block of Flats, Shoreditch, photograph {B8}

Whitechapel, photograph {B8}

1961

Two Children, Stepney, photograph, 11 3/4" x 8 1/4" {A1}

Plaistow, photograph {A1}

Portobello, photograph {A1}

Whitechapel, photograph {B8}

Stepney [I], photograph {B8}

Stepney [II], photograph {B8}

Victoria Park, photograph {B8}

Child in Doorway, Stepney, photograph {A3} possibly same as Stepney [I], 1961 or Stepney [I], 1961

1962

Mosley Shall Speak, photograph, 6 5/8" x 10 1/4" {A1}

Bartholomew Square, photograph {A1, B8}

Study of an Outcrop near Swanage, oil on canvas, 8" x 6" {A1}

Shoreditch, photograph {B8}

Toy Shop, Stepney, photograph {B8}

Off Wapping High Street, photograph {B8}

Near Spitalfields, photograph {B8}

Out From School, photograph {B8, A3}

1963

Three Landscapes, oil on board, sizes unknown, painted between 1959 and 1963 {A1}

Landscape with Moon, oil on board, 9 1/2" x 12" {A1}

Summer Moon, oil on canvas, 36" x 40" {A1}

Interested Children, photograph, 11 3/4" x 8 1/4" {A1}

Whitechapel Shoe Shop, photograph, 5 7/8" x 9" {A1, B8}

Cockney Ophelias, photograph, 5 7/8" x 9" {A1, B8, A3}

Child's Dress Shop, Stepney, photograph {B8} also known as Child's Clothes Shop {A3}

Brick Lane, photograph {B8}

Children, St Catherines, photograph {B8, A3}

1964

Moorland Tree, charcoal and conté on paper, 5" x 3 5/8" {A1}

Study of Rocks near Swanage, pen and wash on paper {A1}

Lorraine (standing nude), photograph, 14 7/8" x 9 7/8" {A1}

Lorraine (portrait), photograph, 8 3/4" x 11 3/4" {A1}

Lorraine (seated nude), photograph {A1}

Stepney Kids, photograph, 9 3/3" x 6 1/4" {A1}

Portobello Road, photograph {B8}

Shoe Stall, Club Row, photograph {B8}

An Alms for the Poor, photograph {B8}

Brick Lane, photograph {B8}

Hamburg, photograph {B9}

1965

Lorraine, etching on paper, 3 7/8" x 4" {A1}

Lorraine, etching and monotype on paper, 6 1/4" x 5 3/4" {A1}

Betty, lithograph in black on Japanese paper, 8 3/4" x 5" {A1}

Life Study, oil? {A1}

The Tor, Looking towards the Downs, oil on panel, 10 1/2" x 12" {A1}

Landscape, oil on board, 10.2cm x 15.2cm {B12} catalogue states that measurements are given in cm, although this could be a mistake.

1966

Lorraine, coloured pencils on paper, 16" x 12" {A1}, possible slightly smaller, also known as Lorraine Woods {B6}

Cliff Landscape near Swanage, pencil and wash on paper, 8" x 6" {A1}

View near Swanage, wash drawing on paper, 8" x 9 1/2" {A1}

View towards Dartmooor, charcoal and conté on paper, 4 1/2" x 6" {A1}

Night, Dartmoor, oil on canvas, 11" x 6 1/2" {A1}

1967

Moor Spirit, charcoal and conté on paper, 7 7/8" x 5 1/2" {A1}

1968

Tree Form, charcoal and conté on paper, 12" x 9" {A1}

Life Drawing, coloured pencils on paper, 13 1/2" x 9 1/2" {B6}

There is Good Reason to Fear, oil on board

1969

Mary and Madeline, photograph {B9}

Molly, photograph, 9 5/8" x 6 5/8" {A1}

Little Lorraine, photograph {A1}

Selina (The Hayfield), photograph, 8 3/4" x 6 3/4" {A1}

Selina, photograph {A1}

Janita, pen ink and charcoal on paper, 7 1/2" x 6 1/2" {A1}

Jane, pencil on paper, 15" x 12" {A1}

Upper Winchendon Church, charcoal and conté on paper, 15" x 12" {A1}

Three illustrations to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, oil on paper, 9" x 6 1/2" {A1}

Into the Secret Garden, oil on paper, 28cm x 22.8cm, illustration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland {B12}

1970

Selina, charcoal and carbon on paper, 10" x 11"{A1}

Updated: 1 July 2005