Chris Beetles Art Gallery

Edwin Smith (1912-1971) was the most significant British photographer of architecture and landscape in the mid twentieth century. For twenty years, his images graced many notable books and helped redefine notions of Britishness for the post-war generation. His achingly beautiful interpretations of characteristic buildings from cathedrals to cottages, and terrains from beach to bog, convey an unparalleled sense of place.

An exclusive collaboration with the British Architectural Library Photographs Collection, RIBA, the 55 images in the exhibition will comprise a comprehensive overview of
his career.

A fully illustrated, 96 page catalogue, with evaluative essays and a chronology, will accompany the exhibition priced at £10 + p&p.

For further details on each picture, please click on the images or their titles


MITCHAM FAIR, LONDON, 1935	SEAFRONT, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, 1940S	THE BEACH, EASTBOURNE, EAST SUSSEX, 1955

PEGGY ANGUS'S HOUSE, FURLONGS, NEAR FIRLE, EAST SUSSEX, 1961	THE KITCHEN OF PEGGY ANGUS'S HOUSE, FURLONGS, NEAR FIRLE, EAST SUSSEX, 1953	THATCHING AT PUDDINGCAKE FARM, NEAR TENDERDEN, KENT, 1953

CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, KENT, 1955 CRYPT	THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, CORNHILL, LONDON, 1957	THE ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE, STRAND, LONDON, 1970 SEEN FROM THE SOUTH-EAST

TEMPLE BAR, THEOBALDS PARK, CHESHUNT, HERTFORDSHIRE, 1968	QUEEN'S HOUSE, GREENWICH, LONDON, 1970 THE TULIP STAIRCASE	WOBURN ABBEY, BEDFORDSHIRE, 1961 THE SCULPTURE GALLERY

HARDWICK HOUSE, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, 1955 WROUGHT IRON GATEWAY	ELY CATHEDRAL, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, 1958 THE WEST TOWER AND SOUTHWEST TRANSEPT WITH TWO TURRET TOWERS	THE TRIANGULAR BRIDGE, CROWLAND, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1958

LIMETREE COTTAGE, EAST HAGBOURNE, BERKSHIRE, 1953	TITHE BARN, GREAT COXWELL, BERKSHIRE, 1953	WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL, HAMPSHIRE, 1959 THE NAVE VAULT

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL, WILTSHIRE, 1959 THE WEST FRONT	ST LAWRENCE, DIDMARTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1961 THE VESTRY, FORMERLY THE NORTH TRANSEPT	DANEWAY HOUSE, SAPPERTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1960 VIEW OF THE HALL FROM THE LIBRARY

FOOTBALL MATCH, AVEBURY, WILTSHIRE, 1962	WELLS CATHEDRAL, SOMERSET, 1968	WELLS CATHEDRAL, SOMERSET, 1968 THE STRAINER ARCH SEEN FROM THE SOUTH TRANSEPT

ROOFSCAPE, WHITBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, 1959	WHITBY ABBEY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, 1954	BOLTON PRIORY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, 1959 THE RUINED TRANSEPTS

FOUNTAINS ABBEY, NORTH YORKSHIRE, 1959 THE CELLARIUM BENEATH THE BRETHEN'S DORTER	YORK MINSTER, 1958 THE NAVE LOOKING EAST	YORK MINSTER, 1960 THE SOUTH TRANSEPT SEEN FROM A SIDE STREET

ST MARY THE VIRGIN, PEMBRIDGE, HEREFORDSHIRE, 1961	EDINBURGH, LOOKING WEST FROM THE CRAGS TO THE CASTLE, 1954	THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND AND THE MOUND SEEN FROM EAST PRINCES STREET GARDENS, EDINBURGH, 1964

BOOKING OFFICE, TALYLLYN RAILWAY, MERIONETH, WALES, 1959	ST BRIGID'S WELL, LISCANNOR, COUNTY CLARE, IRELAND, 1965	HOMESTEAD, BALLINABOY, COUNTY GALWAY, IRELAND, 1965

TURF-CUTTING NEAR LEENANE, COUNTY GALWAY, IRELAND, 1965	ST IVES, CORNWALL, 1964	ST PETER'S BASILICA SEEN FROM THE BASTIONS OF CASTEL SANT'ANGELO, ROME, 1957

FONTANA DELL'ORGANO AND FONTANA DI NETTUNO, VILLA D'ESTE, TIVOLI, LAZIO, 1960	BASILICA OF SAN MARCO, VENICE, 1961	PIAZZA SAN MARCO, VENICE, 1961

SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE AND THE DOGANA DI MARE SEEN FROM THE FLOODED MOLO DURING 'ACQUA ALTA', VENICE, 1961	MARKET FROM THE RIALTO BRIDGE, VENICE, 1961	PALAZZO BORROMEO, ISOLA BELLA, LAGO MAGGIORE, 1960

THE LAGOON, VENICE, 1961	CAMALDONI, TUSCANY, 1963	VILLA GARZONI, COLLODI, ITALY, 1962

A HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE VILLAGE OF IRSINA, BASILICATA, 1963	FARMHOUSE BETWEEN AULETTA AND POTENZA, BASILICATA, 1963

EDWIN SMITH