Painting of Portishead 'B' Power Station

Commissioned by the Central Electricity Generating Board, this is one of a number of architectural views by Tristram Hillier. Although the power station was operational in 1956, when Hillier painted it, he shows it during construction, revealing an interesting industrial structure. He lived near Glastonbury from 1947.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
WESTM : 1994.302
Collection Class
Fine Art
Medium
oil
Material
canvas, hessian, wood
Common Name
painting of Portishead 'B' Power Station
Simple Name
painting
Period Classification
Modern (AD 1800-Present)
Production Town
Glastonbury
Production County
Somerset
Production Country
England
Production Date
1956
Production Person Initials
Tristram
Production Person Surname
Hillier (1905-1983)

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