Thomas Hennell – 80 Years On

Two commemorative exhibitions

To commemorate the 80^th anniversary of Thomas Hennell’s tragic disappearance and presumed death in 1945, Sim Fine Art are staging two exhibitions this autumn. Next month, in conjunction with Sevenoaks Museum in Kent, we are proud to be staging an exhibition in honour of Hennell’s career as an artist and writer, entitled ‘Thomas Hennell, Kent Countryman & War Artist’. The following month, we will be staging a major selling exhibition of Hennell’s work in our gallery in Shepherd Market.

 

‘Thomas Hennell, Kent Countryman & War Artist’

1-15 October – Sevenoaks Museum, Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope, Buckhurst Lane, TN13 1LQ

2 October – Exhibition Opening with a short talk by Professor Vera Camden of Kent State University, Ohio.

Thomas Hennell Selling Exhibition (as part of ‘Holding the Line 2025’)

10-16 November – 54 The Gallery, 54 Shepherd Market, London W1J 7QX

Digging For Victory – a collection of Thomas Hennell’s wartime rural watercolours.

All pictures from the collection of the artist, Peter Coate R.W.A (1926-2016). Available for sale from 1 April 2024.

Thomas Hennell Collection – Bethlem Museum of the Mind Exhibition 2021

 

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“We (Bawden & Ravilious) regarded him (Hennell) as a man of genius”