Westminster Archives

The official Twitter account for Westminster School's Archive and Collections. Features for 2024/2025 include #OralHistoryTuesday and #OWWednesday.

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Briony Marshall (OW 1990) is a London-based sculptor who draws inspiration from the harmony between science and art. Her art merges scientific rigor with emotional resonance, creating installations that serve as focal points in new buildings and public spaces.

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Westminster School Evacuation Private school bus photo, c1940.

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Alex Hamawi (OW 1989) is a Kenyan born artist focused on contemporary realism oil paintings. His artworks range from still Life, underwater aquatic scenes, to landscapes. Hamawi likes to juxtapose the Natural with the Geometric to create uniquely modern still life.

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Westminster evacuation to Buckenhill, pupils depicted hacking away at tree bark, 1941.

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Simon Pratt (OW 1984) is an English artist who learnt to paint with one arm. After losing his left ‘writing’ arm, Pratt persevered in his artistic endeavours. He continues to paint large canvases and portraits as well as exhibiting many of his works.

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Westminster Commemoration of the Benefactors event, during evacuation to Whitbourne Court, 17th Nov 1942.

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Charlotte Alergant (OW 1981) is self employed artist who Studied Fine Art at the London Metropolitan University. While usually a painter, Alergant has been exploring drawings more in recent time as well as exploring the art of illustration.

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Westminster evacuation to Saltmarshe Castle, pupils studying under watchful supervision, c1940.

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Saskia Gavin (OW 1979) is a textile artist. She uses shapes and forms from her environment to make jewellery and sculpture from mostly silver and copper. She is particularly attracted by rhythms created by repeated elements.

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Westminster evacuation to Saltmarch, pupils going for a stroll, c1940.

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Julia Macmillan (OW 1975) is an artist who works across a variety of mediums. Having ventured into the tech industry, Macmillan now combines both her artistic and tech side by creating AI generated artworks and prints. Pictured below is the ‘Westminster Monster’.

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Westminster evacuation to Stalbridge, pupils tossing stacks of hay on the fields, 1940.

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Carys Davies (OW 1974) is a porcelain pottery artist, whose ceramic collections play with new glazes, colour and surface texture. Her writing on pots, mostly poetry, is a way of using words as both marks on the pot and to also invoke thoughts, feelings and memory.

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Westminster evacuation to Exeter, pupils completing the Regatta, 1940.

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Stephen Caplin (OW 1971) is a sculptor and digital artist.
He works primarily with mixed-media collages, using found objects to create intricate constructions with surrealist and gothic overtones. His art embraces the Japanese principles of Wabi Sabi and Kintsugi.

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Homeboarders at Lancing College during the Munich Crisis, 1938.

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Westminster Evacuation to Lancing College Farm, September 1938.

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Anthony D’ Angour (OW 1971) was a professional artist who primarily worked with oil on canvas. He completed many portrait and landscape commissions with evident influence of the old masters. His portrait of Head Master John Rae is held in our collection.

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Full School trip to the London Eye (April 28th, 2000)

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Stephen Gregson (OW 1969) is a British artist primarily working with oil paints and watercolours. He received a Scholarship from the Royal Academy in 1976 and studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art in 1977.

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