Leonard McComb R.A.
A founder of Sunningwell School of Art, Leonard McComb R.A. – a giant of figurative painting – sought to capture the energy and vibrations that unite all living things.
Nature, Energy, Vibration will be the largest exhibition of the artist’s work since his retrospective at the Serpentine Gallery in 1983. It will include 40 works, significant loans from national collections such as The Tate and National Portrait Gallery, and previously unseen major works from the estate.
The exhibition will focus on work inspired by the island of Anglesey, including one of the UK’s largest drawings Rock and Sea, Anglesey (Benllech), 1983.
The exhibition continues the posthumous reappraisal of the artist, alongside a recent monograph published by Beam Editions and a forthcoming documentary.
ABINGDON HERITAGE WEEKEND
Sunningwell School of Art are collaborating with Abingdon Heritage Weekend in 2025. The theme for this year’s festival is ‘architecture’. Art school tutors and staff will be leading free architecturally focused ‘make it and take it home’ workshops for adults and young people aged 5 years and up (under 14s to be accompanied by an adult).
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September 2025
11.30pm to 2.30pm
Kempster Room, Abingdon Museum
Drop-in only
ORGANISED AS PART OF HERITAGE OPEN DAYS
Made possible by grants from Doris Field Charitable Trust and Lord Faringdon Charitable Trust