The William Roberts Society




William Roberts:

The Gypsies



Illustration © The Estate of John David Roberts. Reproduced with the permission of the William Roberts Society. Catalogue information based on the catalogue raisonné by David Cleall. For this and full details of the exhibitions cited, see the links below.



The Gypsies

The Gypsies, 1942 (aka The Gypsy Camp dated as c.1943 in Roberts, Paintings and Drawings. Cf. Gypsy Encampment c.1944 and The Gypsies c.1950)
Oil on canvas, 50 cm x 39 cm

There were gypsy encampments at Marsden, near Oxford, where William Roberts was living at the time.
PROVENANCE: Purchased from the artist by Ms Victoria Kingsley
EXHIBITION HISTORY: Tate Gallery 1965




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