As its contribution to this year’s Railway 200 celebrations, Art UK organised a global competition to find the public’s favourite UK railway artwork; the results, including images of the winner and other shorted-listed paintings, can be found on the Art UK website:
https://artuk.org/discover/stories/train-landscape-by-eric-ravilious-wins-global-vote-to-find-the-publics-favourite-uk-railway-artwork/search/2025–keyword:railway-200–referrer:global-search/page/2
Although the Midland was not the subject of the winning painting, a view from a 3rd class compartment of a train passing the White Horse in Wiltshire, there were two classic paintings of Midland topics – the Monsal Dales Viaduct and MR 4-4-0 No. 1000.
16. Train Crossing Monsal Dale Viaduct, oil on canvas by Norman Wilkinson (1878–1971), Image Credit: National Railway Museum, York, and
20. ‘Crimson Rambler’, 1992, oil on canvas by Philip D. Hawkins (b.1947), Image Credit: The Postal Museum, London
The remainder of the online display also offers plenty of interest, and not a little nostalgia, for railway enthusiasts, whatever your favourite railway, hope you enjoy viewing them.
Graham Bocking
