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Epstein sculptures are regarded as amongst the most important
Jacob Epstein, Eric Gill, Henry Moore, Eric Aumonier, A.H Gerrard, Samuel Rabinovich and Allan Wynon.
When it was built in 1929, some of the designs caused some controversy as they were considered indecent but are now regarded as amongst the most important British public sculptures of the 20th century, the Epstein works in particular.
Every Victoria Line station has it's own unique identity, expressed in a specially comissioned decal on the platform walls.
The design is appropriate to the location: for example, Stockwell's design by Abram Games recalls the name of a local landmark, the famous Swan public house.
Hans Unger's playful 'ton of bricks' is a visual pun on the platform at Brixton. Oxford Circus Station has a snakes and ladders motif, representing the complexities of the station's interconnecting passageways.
Finsbury Park Station has a hot air balloon design, a reminder of the balloon trips that used to be able to be taken from the Park. At the entrance to Blackhorse Road station is a large fibreglass relief of a black horse, designed by David McFall, with a mosaic surround by Trata Dreschna.
When Tottenham Court Road station was refurbished in the 1980s, the platforms and circulating areas were decorated by specially commissioned mosaics by Eduardo Paolozzi.
The refurbished Northern line platforms at Embankment station have murals designed by Robyn Denny, and images from the nearby National Gallery and National Portrait Gallery, selected by Richard Dragun and June Fraser of the Design Research Unit, are displayed on the Bakerloo line platform at Charing Cross Underground Station.
At Holborn Station, large vitreous enamel panels designed by Allan Drummond contain images from the nearby British Museum collection.
Tom Eckersley designed the aircraft based images at Heathrow Central Station. During the closure of the East London Line for refurbishment in the mid-90s, Wapping Station was treated to platform murals showing the original Thames Tunnel and an archive illustration of the station.
The tiles at Baker Street Station have silhouette motifs of Sherlock Holmes, designed by Michael Douglas and printed by Pamela Moreton. The Jubilee Line platforms at Baker Street also feature murals illustrating the Sherlock Holmes stories.
The continuing worldwide popularity of art on the Underground saw the launch of the world's first art train during November 2001.
The inspiration of Canadian artist Gordon McHarg, a complete Piccadilly line train was adorned with 84 images by 42 distinguished.
