Sickert’s London - ACE247.4

Street scenes. Hairdressers. Sickert’s words over talking about everyday "magic and poetry". Shone on Sickert’s observation of the poor. Auerbach in Camden Town; VO talking about Sickert’s contemporaries. Photographs including Degas. Sickert’s words VO describing him and other painters. Copy of Sickert’s book, A Free House! Photograph of Sickert. Bell on Sickert’s writing. Sickert’s words VO, "Take the afternoon…" and talking about the light and how painters must capture images. Sir David Napley replicating pose in one of the paintings. Victor Lecour (1922-1924). Bell on his first meeting with Sickert, and on sitting for him. Photographs of Sickert. Bell describing Sickert’s reaction to a Salvation Army band. Sketches by Sickert on a calendar (1929). Shone talking, in Highbury, about Sickert’s preference for the shabbiness of north London, even though he moved in much grander circles in London and in Dieppe. Casino scene. Bathers, Dieppe (1892).