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Save Sven's Tower
We need your voice! Save Sven's Tower...
Sonia
Mar 26


See you there?
And yes, you did come along! Thank you for being such a lovely audience - old friends and new. Some remembering Sven and his time in the...
Sonia
Mar 4


Poet inspires Sven Berlin
Sven Berlin would often write down inspirational little notes... from poetry or philosophy
Sonia
Jan 17


New discoveries
Two sculptures we'd never seen before...
Sonia
Jan 15


Celebrating Jonah
Sixty years ago, on 28 September 1964, the publication of Sven Berlin’s book on fishing, Jonah’s Dream: Meditation on Fishing, brought to...
Sonia
Aug 22, 2024


Those who came after...
Remembering all those who continued the fight in Normandy in 1944, among them the artist Sven Berlin who arrived on Juno Beach on D-Day+18.
Sonia
Jun 8, 2024


Dancing with duende
With the Adagio dancing poster we take a look back at perhaps Sven's first identification of the passion of the duende...
Sonia
Apr 15, 2024


We are on Cloud 9 to be back!
Some of you may know that the last few months have seen a major move for us and for the Sven Berlin collection. We may no longer be deep...
Sonia
Nov 19, 2023


Veterans remembered
After the War, Sven Berlin kept in touch with the local Normandy Veterans Association, contributing poetry and writing an account of...
Sonia
Nov 9, 2022


Family Connections
We went back in time in another more immediate way recently when we were visited by Sven’s granddaughter Ella, Jasper’s daughter....
Sonia
Oct 28, 2022


Journey through the archives
Discovering the friends and supporters of Sven Berlin through letters and notes is turning into an exciting journey. It is extraordinary...
Sonia
Oct 28, 2022


In the heat of the day...
Croust by Sven Berlin. 1939 pencil drawing of haymaking in the fields of Cornwall.
Sonia
Jul 20, 2022


Of Kings and Queens...
Sven Berlin's pen and ink drawing of a King and Queen, an image which appeared to him while trying to give up drinking!
Sonia
Jul 11, 2022


Finding Alice
This is a rare painting of Julia Berlin's mother Alice, and as far as we know the only one! It was very dirty when rescued from the...
Sonia
Jul 4, 2022


End of an era
Witnessing the recent studio sale of the remains of Sven Berlin’s prodigious output has been a memorable experience and one which has...
Sonia
Jun 17, 2022


Glorious Spain
Sven Berlin was inspired by the glorious colours of Spain on his way back from the Gypsy Festival in Les Saintes Maries.
Sonia
May 20, 2022


The Lapp Hat
Sven Berlin's Lapp Hat and pen and ink of Clifford Lee
Sonia
May 11, 2022


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Sven Berlin's oil painting of the Gypsies of Shave Green, Priscilla and Dosha Wells. Dates from the 1950s when he arrived from Cornwall.
Sonia
May 1, 2022


An Easter Hare - or two - from Sven Berlin ...
Hares in the Maize, watercolour by Sven Berlin. Happy Easter. From our collection at Millersford Gallery
Sonia
Apr 14, 2022


The real Guy
It was wonderful to meet the real Guy of Sven’s flamboyant portrait Guy in Hippy Gear recently. Immediately recognisable, we had a...
Sonia
Mar 2, 2022
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