Across

Artist Albert Irvin RA OBE (London, England, 1922 - 2015)

Date1974

Mediumacrylic on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsHeight: 244, Width: 427cm, Depth: 6 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1974 with assistance from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002310

Keywords

Abstract

About MeAfter serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II, Albert Irvin resumed his studies at Goldsmiths College where he subsequently became a tutor. Converted to abstraction in the mid 1950s he then concentrated on painting large canvases, using intense colour, bold shapes and novel techniques with which he set out to express profound emotion.

Albert Irvin is today best known for such monumental abstract paintings such as this work and few can fail to be impressed by it when climbing the main staircase of Aberdeen Art Gallery, where it is now on permanent display.