Edward Burra - ACE035.3

Marriage à la mode. Burra’s response to Carole Smith’s questions about which of his own works he likes best. The Two Sisters (1929). Burra. Painting of café interior. Burra responding to Smith’s questions about his gallery going activities. Street scene. Burra on seldom hanging up any of his own paintings. Painting of sea-food restaurant.. Burra on leaving his paintings on the floor and in cupboards until people started to buy them. Minuit Chanson (1931). Barbara Ker-Seymer on an excursion to Toulon when Burra (unlike the rest, who chose rooms overlooking the harbour) took a dark room overlooking the tramway where he painted while the others went to the beach. Painting of diners.