Julian Trevelyan, R.A. (1910-1988)

Trevelyan moved to Durham Wharf in 1934. Situated in Hammersmith by the River Thames, it served as his home and studio for the rest of his life and was a great source of artistic inspiration. Trevelyan recalled the first morning that he discovered the site, 'The tide was up and gulls flew screaming round us while tugs and sailing dinghies slapped about in the choppy water; we realised instinctively that this was our home and that we could live nowhere else.' (J. Trevelyan, Indigo Days: The Art and Memoirs of Julian Trevelyan, London, 1996, p. 49).