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Woman with Cat
Woman with Cat

Woman with Cat

Artist (Lodz, Poland, 1895 - 1949)
Date1944
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 112.2 cm, Width: 87.4 cm
Frame: Height: 140.1 cm, Width: 114 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1952 by the Contemporary Art Society.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002283
About MeAdler came to Scotland with the Polish forces in 1941. Although he lived in Scotland for only eight years - until his premature death in 1949 - his work had a lasting influence on modern art in Britain, particularly Scotland.

This work is painted in a Post-Cubist and Post-Expressionist style. The figure of the woman has been abstracted and the composition reduced to a formal arrangement of texture, colour and line. The schematic patterning of shapes of vivid colour are held together by a strong linear framework.