Tom Cross (1931-2009)
Sunlight in the Room 1963
Oil on canvas; 122 x 152 cms
Signed, titled and dated on reverse
Provenance: The Artist's Estate
Exhibited: 'Tom Cross - Paintings and Drawings', The Dillwyn Gallery, Swansea, 1964.
Completed during Cross' time as Lecturer in Fine Art at University of Reading.
'I worked with students on an introductory course in Fine Art, together with Terry Frost and Rita Donagh, following teaching ideas that had been developed by Victor Passmore and Richard Hamilton, then working in other parts of the country' (Tom Cross, 'A River and Some Landscapes', Hallsgrove, 2005, p118).
