Retrospective

9 August - 22 October 1997

Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery

From the Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery July - October 1997 events programme:

"In 1996 Plymouth became the first public gallery in the UK to place a painting on permanent display. Now the first ever overview of the artist's work premieres in Plymouth before touring to other venues in 1998.

In recent years Lenkiewicz's painting has become more widely appreciated, with collectors in Europe, Australia and North America buying his work. In 1994 an exhibition at Birmingham's International Convention Centre attracted 35,000 visitors in just one week!

This major retrospective, occupying the first floor galleries, is one of the largest exhibitions to be presented in the region this year. Including paintings from Robert's teenage years to his current project on Addictive Behaviour, the show will give audiences a rare opportunity to view a comprehensive collection of the artist's work."

List of works

List of Works (provisional)

Retrospective 1997
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery

FLOWER ON MOTHER’S TABLE

Pen and ink on paper. c.1955

IVORENE/STUDY IN WHITE

Oil on board. 1958

MAN IN HAMPSTEAD STUDIO

Oil on canvas. c. 1959

‘MOUSE' AT CORNISH FARM

Gouache on paper. c. 1960

RABBI WOLFE WITH DISTRESSED CHILD (HASIDIC TALE)

Oil on canvas. c. 1960/64

'MOUSE' WITH ALICE AND ASSOCIATES IN ETON AVENUE STUDIO

Oil on canvas. c. 1963/64

'MOUSE' WITH WOOL/INTERIOR

Oil on canvas. c. 1964/65

IRENE SYLVERE

Oil on board. 1964/65

LOVERS AT STONEHOUSE CREEK

Watercolour on paper. c. 1967/8

RABBI WITH LOVER

Pen, ink and watercolour on paper. 1968

JOHN KYNANCE

Oil on canvas. c. 1968/9

JOHN KYNANCE DYING

Pencil on paper. 1969

THE BURIAL OF JOHN KYNANCE

Oil on tent-cloth c. 1968/70

'MEPHISTOPHELES'

Pencil on paper. 1971

'HARMONICA JIM' AND 'DIOGENES'

Pencil on paper. 1971/2

LES RYDER WITH BLANKET

Oil on canvas. c. 1971/2

LES RYDER ASLEEP IN 'JACOB'S LADDER'

Oil on canvas. 1971/2

OLD MAN ATTACKED AND STRIPPED

Watercolour and gouache on paper. 1972

'DIOGENES' AND BELLE AT PRAYER

Oil on canvas. c. 1973

MRS. DEMPSTER WITH RUSSELL

Oil on canvas. 1974

BARBARA AND CAROL

Oil on canvas. 1974

KEVIN GASSON

Oil on canvas. c.1974/6

DOWNS SYNDROME GIRL

Oil on board. 1974

'DIOGENES' STANDING ON THE BARBICAN

Oil on canvas. c.1974

STUDY FOR THE MAGI PRESENTING HIS ENTRAILS TO THE VIRGIN

Oil on canvas. 1973

DEATH PRESENTING PEACE TO THE MAIDEN

Oil on canvas. 1973

DEATH AND HUMAN FEMALE ASKING GENTLY FOR LOVE

Watercolour on paper. c. 1973/4

CUP WITH HUMAN STILL-LIFE

Oil on railway sleeper fragment. 1975

'DIOGENES' READING PAGE THREE

Oil on canvas. c.1975

LEYLA WITH PESELLINO’S SAINTS

Oil on board. 1975

NEW LOVERS CALLING THROUGH A BED OF OLD LOVERS

Cryla on board. Tryptich. 1975/6

"WHOSE WOULD IT HAVE BEEN IF YOU HAD NOT BEEN IN THAT RESTAURANT AT 7.15pm?”

Gouache on paper. 1975/6

JOHN POLLEX, POTTER, HOLDING SLIPWARE DISH

Oil on canvas. c.1976

PLYMOUTH MOURNING OVER ITS UNFORTUNATES

Oil on tent-cloth. 1971/6

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH LOVER

Oil on board. 1976

GEORGE ROWE, SIGNWRITER

Oil on canvas. c.1976

ERNIE AND BERT EMDEN

Oil on canvas. c.1976

LOVERS TOUCHING ALL THOSE IN THE PAST AND ALL THOSE IN THE FUTURE

Pencil on paper. cryla on paper. 1976

ANDY LYNCH WITH OAK LEAVES

Oil on tent-cloth. c.1976

LOVER WITH SIX MEMORIES

Oil on board. 1976

"GO AWAY, NEARER."

Pencil and watercolour on paper. 1978

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH SELF-PORTRAIT AT NINETY

Emulsion on canvas. c. 1977/8

ORGASM

Cryla on card. 1978

YOU GAVE ME A DEAD ROSE, MAY I GIVE YOU A DEAD RAT

Oil on board, c.1977

MAN AND WOMAN SCREAMING AT MEMORIES IN THE DARK

Cryla on board. 1978

MAN WATCHING WOMAN WALK AWAY

Cryla on card. 1978

HER PREVIOUS BOYFRIEND DISGUISED AS A CURTAIN, WATCHING HER WITH THE NEW ONE

Pencil and watercolour on paper. 1978

MAN HOLDING WOMAN'S DRESS, WATCHING HER WALK AWAY

Cryla on board. 1978

MAN WATCHING HIMSELF WITH MARY

Cryla on paper. 1978

FIRST CONTACT

Cryla on paper. 1978

MAN HOLDING DRESS, WATCHING WOMAN WALK AWAY

Cryla on card. 1978

MAN WATCHING WOMAN WALKING AWAY

Cryla on board, 1978

SELF-PORTRAIT

Cryla on board, c. 1977/8

SELF-PORTRAITS WITH MARY

Emulsion on canvas. c. 1978/9

THE PAINTER ON HIS DEATH-BED SURROUNDED BY CHILDREN AND COMPANIONS/PIETA

Emulsion on canvas. c. 1978/9

'SNOWY'

Oil on canvas. c.1979

CHAIRS

Oil on canvas. c. 1979

MAN KILLING HIMSELF, ABOVE THE EARTH BELOW THE SKY

Cryla on board, c.1979

KATE HARVEY, 106 YEARS OLD

"I'd make you a cup of tea my dear, only I've got a bit of a chill."

Lenkiewicz painted a number of centenarians at this time; one of them was 113 years old.

Oil on canvas. c.1979

MAN KILLING HIMSELF: Notes

Pen, ink and watercolour on paper. c. 1979

THE PAINTER WITH MARY HOLD TIGHTLY AS HAVE SEX WITH THEIR OWN SELVES

Watercolour on paper, pen and ink notes. 1979

MAN/WOMAN

Cryla on paper. c.1979

PAINTER AT 37 IMAGINING HIMSELF WITH A STROKE AT67, IMAGINING HIMSELF AT 37 WITHOUT ONE

Cryla on board, c.1979

"Each man is concerned with his own pleasure; and that is sweet which springs from another's pain." Ovid

Cryla on paper. 1979

MAN CUTTING HIS WRIST ON A BOAT

Cryla on paper. c. 1979/80

THE PAINTER WITH MARY IN PIERMASTERS RESTAURANT ACCOMPANIED BY THE PAINTER WITH MARY

Oil on canvas. c.1980

MAN IN A KNOT BY THE STRAIGHT BACK OF A WOMAN

Cryla on paper. c. 1979/80

PAINTER WITH MARY

Grissaille. Oil on canvas. c. 1979/80

THE CLAW MOVES IN THE STOMACH AS SHE LEAVES

Pencil and cryla on paper. c.1980

THE LINE OF THOUGHT MANUFACTURES FEAR

Pencil and cryla on paper. c.1980

LOVERS MEETING

Pencil and cryla on paper. c.1980

THE RESURRECTION OF MARY

Grissaille, pencil and cryla on paper. c.1980

MARY FLAYED/MARSYAS

Watercolour and cryla on paper. c.1980

PAINTER WITH MARY IN PAPER/FOOLS/HATS

Oil on canvas. c.1980

MARY ON THE TRAIN FROM ROME

Cryla on The Guardian Newspaper. 1981

MR. EARL SENIOR OF EARL OF PLYMOUTH FUNERAL SERVICE; EMPLOYEES AND FAMILY

Emulsion on canvas. c.1981

MYRIAM WITH PAPER DEATH MASK

Oil on board, c.1981

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH TWO SONS, WOLFE AND REUBEN

Oil on canvas. c. 1982/5

MONICA SHANNON WITH DR. HUMMEL

Emulsion on canvas. c.1983

THE GLUE-SNIFFER

Oil on canvas. c.1984

MR. HARRY'S CLUB

Emulsion on canvas. c.1983

DORA RUSSELL

Oil on canvas. c.1984

MR. CADDY, HEADTEACHER EGGBUCKLAND COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL

Oil on canvas. c.1986

ESTHER - REAR VIEW/ BARBICAN STUDIO

Daemon Series Oil on board. 1991

THE PAINTER WITH JOANNE

St. Antony theme.

Oil on canvas. 1993

ESTHER - REAR VIEW - WITH THE PAINTER/ BARBICAN STUDIO

St. Antony theme Oil on board. 1992

SELF-PORTRAIT LISTENING IN PRIVATE STUDIO

St. Antony Acidia theme Oil on canvas. 1993

KAREN ON THE BED

Daemon Series

Oil on board. 1993

ESTUARY/SILVER LAKE/EARLY MORNING/KITLEY

Oil on canvas 1994

SELF-PORTRAIT LISTENING WITH KAREN

St. Antony Acidia theme Oil on canvas. 1996/7

WARREN WOODS/SILVER LAKE/KITLEY

Oil on canvas. 1995

St. JOHN'S WORT WITH TREES/KITLEY

Oil on canvas. 1994

ENTRANCE TO THE CAUSEWAY/KITLEY

Oil on canvas. 1995

Non - Project Piece:

THE PAINTER WITH THE DEAD PAINTER

Grissaille. Oil on board. 1997 In Memory of James Mildren.

THE DEPOSITION - The Burial of Education	The Painter and the dead Painter.
Diogenes at Night in Studio Window.	‘Mouse’ with Wool – Interior.
Group in Eton Avenue Studio.	Self-Portrait with Letter.
Self-Portrait with ‘Punch’ Magazine.	Self-Portrait Aged 15.
Robbie.	St John’s wort with trees.
Self-Portrait as St Antony Listening.	The Painter with Anna. St Antony Theme.
Esther: Rear View.	Dora Russell – small study.
The Painter with his sons Wolfe and...	Study of Kevin Gasson.
M.E. Caddy. Headteacher; Eggbuckland...	Syd sniffing glue.
Mr Harry’s Club.	Sexual therapist with client in the...
The Painter Holding Himself When Ninety.	Mr Earl Senior, of Earl of Plymouth...
Andy Lynch with Oak Leaves.	Miriam with paper mask.
Study of the Painter’s Dead Mother.	Still-Life: three chairs.
Mary Flayed, Marsyas.	The line of thought manufactures fear.
The claw moves in the stomach as she...	Lovers' Meeting.
The Painter With Mary in Newspaper Magi...	The Painter with Mary in Piermasters...
Study on the train from London after...	Florence Kate Harvey – 103 years old.
‘Snowy’.	The Dead Painter Surrounded by his...
Orgasm Study.	Lovers.
Go away! Nearer!	Man Watching Himself with Mary.
Woman Walking Away.	Man Holding Woman’s Dress, Watching Her...
Man Holding Woman’s Dress, Watching Her...	Self-Portrait with lover.
Lelya on the Cross with Pesellino’s...	The Burial of John Kynance.
Study of John Kynance (one week before...	Diogenes and Belle at prayer with chairs
The Putrefaction of Diogenes	Study for The Magi Presenting His...
Death Presenting Peace to The Maiden.

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