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Back at home, Owen Sinclair, age 9, painted this beautiful picture having been inspired by Philipp Malyavin's Peasant Woman Dancing
Owen Sinclair, age 9
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Looking at one of Matisse's paintings in the exhibition, The Red Room (Harmony in Red), children were encouraged to draw a pattern which they would like on their walls and tablecloths.
William Travell, age 9
Toby Hendricks, age 8
Saskia Steinberg, age 7
Ruth Travell, age 14
Eve Christenson McGuire, age 5
Ben Cook, age 10
Emma Lawrence, age 11
Elise Knowles-Cutler, age 8
Charlotte Knowles-Cutler, age 10
Isabella, age 5 1/2
Kerem Osborne-Dikerden, age 13
Emily Webster, age 9
Alice Webster, age 10
Rohan Dalglish, age 5
Nadja Clark, age 12
Elena Breeze, age 10
Caroline Quillen, age 9 1/4
Sarika Breeze, age 12
James Quillen, age 7 3/4
Next, children worked out the story of one of the paintings.
Ruth Travell, age 14
Ben Cook, age 10
Emma Lawrence, age 11
Emily Webster, age 9
Nadja Clark, age 12
Elena Breeze, age 10
Caroline Quillen, age 9 1/4
Sarika Breeze, age 12
James Quillen, age 7 3/4
Inspired by Chagall's painting, The Promenade, in which he shows his love for his wife, children drew something they loved as much as Chagall.
William Travell, age 9
Saskia Steinberg, age 7
Ruth Travell, age 14
Eve Christenson McGuire, age 5
Ben Cook, age 10
Emma Lawrence, age 11
Charlotte Knowles-Cutler, age 10
Isabella, age 5 1/2
Kerem Osborne-Dikerden, age 13
Emily Webster, age 9
Simonet Sedat, age 7
Rohan Dalgish, age 5
Nadja Clark, age 12
Elena Breeze, age 10
Caroline Quillen, age 9 1/4
Sarika Breeze, age 12
James Quillen, age 7 3/4
Looking at the beautiful portrait of the poet, Anna Akhmatova, children wrote their own poem inspired by a painting in the room.
Ben Cook, age 10
Emma Lawrence, age 11
Kerem Osborne-Dikerden, age 13
Emily Webster, age 9
Nadja Clark, age 12
Elena Breeze, age 10
Caroline Quillen, age 9 1/4
Sarika Breeze, age 12
James Quillen, age 7 3/4
Looking at the Cubo-Futurist painting, The German War, by Pavel Filonov, children looked at particular areas with body parts in them and drew these in the style of Filonov.
William Travell, age 9
Ruth Travell, age 14
Eve Christenson McGuire, age 5
Ben Cook, age 10
Emma Lawrence, age 11
Elise Knowles-Cutler, age 8
Isabella, age 5 1/2
Kerem Osborne-Dikerden, age 13
Emily Webster, age 9
Alice Webster, age 10
Rohan Dalgish, age 5
Nadja Clark, age 12
Elena Breeze, age 10
Caroline Quillen, age 9 1/4
Sarika Breeze, age 12
James Quillen, age 7 3/4
Finally, in the last gallery children saw a model for Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International, and drew designs for a monument they would like in their town.
William Travell, age 9
Saskia Steinberg, age 7
Ruth Travell, age 14
Eve Christenson McGuire, age 5
Ben Cook, age 10
Emma Lawrence, age 11
Nathanael Leaf, age 9 years 3 months
Bertie Carter Semenczuk, age 7
Kester, age 5
Elise Knowles-Cutler, age 8
Charlotte Knowles-Cutler, age 10
Isabella, age 5 1/2
Kerem Osborne-Dikerden, age 13
Emily Webster, age 9
Alice Webster, age 10
Rohan Dalgish, age 5
Nadja Clark, age 12
Elena Breeze, age 10
Caroline Quillen, age 9 1/4
Sarika Breeze, age 12
James Quillen, age 7 3/4
