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Death of Lakes and Rivers
Death of Lakes and Rivers
Death of Lakes and Rivers

Death of Lakes and Rivers

Artist (Edinburgh, Scotland, born 1947)
Date1984
MediumOrganic matter, sulphur, graphite, varnish and wax on board
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
Dimensions198.5 × 229cm
AcquisitionPresented in 2017.
Copyright© Glen Onwin (2017)
LocationOn Display - Gallery 04
Object numberABDAG017853
Keywords
About MeBy using material such as sulphur the artist gives this painting a particular sickly green colour and a sense of wetness as it clings to you, creating feelings of suffocation and being trapped underneath the surface.
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By using material such as sulphur the artist gives this painting a particular sickly green colour and a sense of wetness as it clings to you, creating feelings of suffocation and being trapped underneath the surface.

Exhibitions
Image Not Available for Death Medal: Duke of York
Death Medal: Duke of York
05-Jan-1830
Image Not Available for Death Medal: Duke of York
Death Medal: Duke of York
1827
Image Not Available for Death Medal (Archbishop Tillotson)
Death Medal (Archbishop Tillotson)
22-Nov-1696
Image Not Available for Death Medal (G.Canning, M.P.)
Death Medal (G.Canning, M.P.)
08-Aug-1827
Image Not Available for Death Forbids (from The Dance of Death)
Death Forbids (from The Dance of Death)
Percy John Delf Smith
Image Not Available for Death Marches (from The Dance of Death)
Death Marches (from The Dance of Death)
Percy John Delf Smith
Image Not Available for Death Awed (from The Dance of Death)
Death Awed (from The Dance of Death)
Percy John Delf Smith
Image Not Available for Death Refuses (The Dance of Death)
Death Refuses (The Dance of Death)
Percy John Delf Smith
Image Not Available for Death Waits (from The Dance of Death)
Death Waits (from The Dance of Death)
Percy John Delf Smith
Image Not Available for Death Ponders (from The Dance of Death)
Death Ponders (from The Dance of Death)
Percy John Delf Smith
Image Not Available for Death Intoxicated (from The Dance of Death)
Death Intoxicated (from The Dance of Death)
Percy John Delf Smith
Image Not Available for The Dance of Death (Title Page)
The Dance of Death (Title Page)
Percy John Delf Smith
Death And The Ploughman's Wife-Frontispiece
Death And The Ploughman's Wife-Frontispiece
William Strang
1888
Death Defeated
Death Defeated
William Strang
1888
Arrangements To Mark Death Of Queen Victoria
Arrangements To Mark Death Of Queen Victoria
Great North of Scotland Railway
1901
Image Not Available for Death Medal (William IV)
Death Medal (William IV)
King William IV
20-Jun-1837
Image Not Available for Death Medal ( William IV)
Death Medal ( William IV)
King William IV
20-Jun-1837
Image Not Available for Death Medal (Kruger)
Death Medal (Kruger)
President Paul Kruger
1904
Image Not Available for Newspaper Cutting on the Death of Norman Gordon Cook Killed in Motorcycle AccidentFebruary 13th 1927 1927; Memento Retained by his Brother Victor
Newspaper Cutting on the Death of Norman Gordon Cook Killed in Motorcycle AccidentFebruary 13th 1927 1927; Memento Retained by his Brother Victor
Victor Cook
1927
Image Not Available for Death Medal (Russia)
Death Medal (Russia)
Tsar Nicholas I
1855
Image Not Available for Interior of Crematorium and Leaflet and Card of Remembarance
Interior of Crematorium and Leaflet and Card of Remembarance
1960s
Image Not Available for Commemorative Plaque, World War I
Commemorative Plaque, World War I
1918
Image Not Available for Iron Mort Safe used at Glassel
Iron Mort Safe used at Glassel
19th Century
Polished Jar
Polished Jar
Sub-lieutenant John Russell Stewart Bell
New Kingdom