Andrew Murray (1917 – 1998) was an artist who painted in the naïve style.
I like his depictions of London very much. I used to buy many of his greetings cards and postcards. I even met him once.
Red buses, black taxis and groups of white, triangular-shaped clouds appear in many of his London scenes. Critics might say that if you have seen one of these pictures, you have seen them all!
A few examples are enough to give a good idea of Andrew Murray's style.
This picture of Piccadilly Circus is typical of his London cards:
Trafalgar Square is another major London landmark:
The River Thames looks rather narrow in this one of Lambeth Palace and the Houses of Parliament:
This is the Lakeside Terrace at the Barbican:
Six of Andrew Murray's London scenes appear on this 1,000-piece jigsaw:
Andrew Murray painted cities other than London and he also painted Biblical and other subjects, but in my opinion his best work consists of pictures such as are shown above.
