Exhibition: Battersea Decorative Fair, 30 Sept - 5 Oct 2025

Henry shall be taking a selection of paintings, works on paper, photography and sculpture to the Battersea Decorative Fair from 30 Sept - 5 October 2025. The fair is held at Evolution London, Battersea Park, London SW11 4NJ. (There is a free bus which leaves Sloane Square on a regular basis, which takes you directly to the fair.)

Henry will be exhibiting on Stand A27. Free tickets are available to attend the fair from 1-5 October 2025. (We do not have tickets for the Opening Day.) Please show the ticket below on your phone, or print off, to receive free entry to the fair. The tickets are not unique, so feel free to share with others who may want to come.

Below is a small sample of the collection of works that Henry will have with him at the fair. Do not hesitate to get in contact, should you have any queries about any of the works in his collection.

Ian Rank-Broadley (British, b.1952), Demian Undressing, 2023, Bronze, Numbered 1/10, 66cm × 26cm × 36cm (incl. base), £12,000

Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK and Commonwealth coinage from 1998. He has numerous other public works, including at the Armed Forces Memorial. Most recently, he created from life portraits of King Charles and the Queen.

Michael Leonard, (British, 1933-2023), Night Pictures, c.1975, Pencil on paper, Dated ‘Oct 22’ (lower right)
28cm x 20cm (44cm x 35cm framed), £4,500

This is an early work by Michael in which he is exploring a repeated motif in his work, dressing and undressing. The work is from the 1970s, and explores Michael repeated motif or dressing and undressing. It is a transitional piece in that although it is not one of his highly finished 'tonal' or colour drawings, the main figure has elements of tonal shading. It is considerably developed more than one of Michael's line drawings. You can see from the smaller compositions around the edge that he was exploring different pictures. In 1976, he created at least one coloured pencil drawing called 'dressing at night'. his note in the top right corner, suggest that he was exploring creating coloured drawings.

Emil Block, (German 1884-1966), Sendung, c.1920s, Gouache on paper, Titled (verso), 44cm × 23cm (56cm × 39cm framed), £1,350

Emil Block completed an apprenticeship as a painter in Leipzig, then working in the studio of church painter Richard Schultz until 1904 and in the studio of Richard Hesse between 1913 and 1945. He painted murals for restaurants and cafés, designed stained glass windows, and carried out various types of restoration work. He taught himself to paint portraits, figurative subjects, landscapes, and still lifes. Block increasingly worked as an oil and watercolor painter and as a draftsman. He painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and animal pictures, as well as allegorical and mythological scenes. This work definitely has a homoerotic flavour, rooted in the traditions of German Romanticism.

Humphrey Spender, (British 1910-2005), Newcastle United Football Club Changing Room (For Picture Post), 1938, silver print (printed later c.2004), from original negative by Spender studio, blind stamp (lower right)
34cm × 24.5cm (image size) (52cm × 41.5cm framed), £2,250

Spender was a photographer, painter and designer. In 30s, from his studio in the Strand, London, he became renowned for his commercial photography, working for publications such as Harper's Bazaar. By the late 30s. he was part of the Mass Observation movement, taking pictures of daily life in working class communities. He also worked for the hugely successful Picture Post during this period. With the coming of World War II, Spender was appointed an official war photographer. Around 1955 he abandoned photography for painting and textile design, and taught at the Royal College of Art from 1953 until he retired in 1975.

Hywel Pratley, (British, b.1972), Modou, Dripping Torso Fragment, 2021, Bronze (silver nitrate patina), Numbered 3/9, 62cm × 19cm × 26cm (incl. base), £4,000

Pratley is a Sculptor working from life models in his West London studio. His inspirations range from ancient Greek masterpieces to the simplicity of Brancusi, via his training at The Florence Academy of Art. Pratley teaches occasional workshops in London and Florence. In February 2025, Hywel was featured on the BBC programme ‘Extraordinary Portraits’, (Ep4. 28/2/25).