Coronation and Beach Scene

In the mid-1960s, Malcolm Morley began making large-scale paintings satirising the aspirations of consumer society. Many of these paintings – which included brightly coloured images of ocean liners, and scenes taking place on cruise ships – were based on postcards and photographs, rather than painted from life. This 1968 painting combines two images that Morley found in the same Dutch travel brochure. Coronation and Beach Scene featured in Morley’s 2001 solo exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, Malcolm Morley: in Full Colour.