The Wonder of Birds
herons, bitterns, ducks, geese, and swans, and the works exhibited will include a recent painting by Maggi Hambling, Heron in the shallows of the Thames, on view to the public for the first time.
Despite ... ethereal beauty of the bird, Hambling’s work also makes a sharp comment on contemporary issues as the heron, a favourite of the artist and portrayed by her many times, is wading through polluted water ... Paul Getty Jnr (through the American Friends of the National Gallery, London), 1992
Maggi Hambling (b. 1945), Heron in the shallows of the Thames, 2013, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 91.4 cm, © the artist
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