Flowerpiece
Artist
Duncan Grant
(Rothiemurchus, Aviemore, Scotland, 1885 - 1978)
Date1922
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 86.5 cm, Width: 48.6 cm
Frame: Height: 102 cm, Width: 63.7 cm
Frame: Height: 102 cm, Width: 63.7 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1938 by the Contemporary Art Society.
Copyright© 1978 Estate of Duncan Grant, Courtesy Henrietta Garnett (2002)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002248
Keywords
Like Matthew Smith, Grant adopts a traditional device of presenting his colourful bouquet of flowers against a dark backdrop, but the homage to tradition ends here for Grant's method of handling paint is truly modern. There is little attention to detail nor careful modelling of tones. Instead his flowers are simple shapes, forming a bold pattern.
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