{"product_id":"sl26-the-blue-house-burslem-2018-by-stephen-liddle","title":"SL26 The Blue House, Burslem 2018 by Stephen Liddle","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Blue House, Burslem, 2018\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Blue House, Burslem\u003c\/strong\u003e is an original mixed-media painting by \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Liddle\u003c\/strong\u003e, catalogued as SL26.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis compact, almost-square work focuses on a distinctive Burslem subject, using acrylic, charcoal and pastel to build an atmospheric street-scene painting rooted in the Potteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe subject is Queen Street at the junction with Waterloo Street. The Blue House is No. 1 Queen Street, a commercial building associated with the fictional Steam Printing Works in Arnold Bennett’s novel \u003cem\u003eClayhanger\u003c\/em\u003e. A ceramic plaque on the building forms part of the Bursley Trial, marking important places associated with Bennett’s early-20th-century novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext door is a lower-level building that housed the Kismet restaurant, remembered locally as the first Indian curry house to open in Stoke-on-Trent during the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting was exhibited in Stephen Liddle’s sell-out \u003cem\u003eStreets of Your Town\u003c\/em\u003e exhibition at Barewall from 12 October to 9 November 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eArtwork details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Stephen Liddle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Blue House, Burslem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCatalogue reference:\u003c\/strong\u003e SL26\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMedium:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mixed media, acrylic, charcoal and pastel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePainting size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 11 × 11.5 in \/ 28 × 29.25 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFramed size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 19 × 19.5 in \/ 48.25 × 49.5 cm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition history:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eStreets of Your Town\u003c\/em\u003e, Barewall, 12 October–9 November 2019\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Stephen Liddle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58721159086461,"sku":null,"price":325.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/9705\/files\/sl26-the-blue-house-burslem-by-stephen-liddle-original-art-915.webp?v=1775602156","url":"https:\/\/www.barewall.co.uk\/products\/sl26-the-blue-house-burslem-2018-by-stephen-liddle","provider":"Barewall","version":"1.0","type":"link"}