The Days Work - Hop Picking
Artist
Thérèse Lessore
(Southwick, England, 1884 - 1945)
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsOverall: Height: 76.7 cm, Width: 53.5 cm
Frame: Height: 87.4 cm, Width: 64.4 cm
Frame: Height: 87.4 cm, Width: 64.4 cm
AcquisitionPresented in 1947 by the Sickert Trust.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002516
About MeLessore was the daughter of Jules Lessore, a French painter and etcher who emigrated to England in 1871. She was a founder member of the London Group in 1914 and her husband, Bernard Adeney, became the President of the London Group in 1919. They were both aquainted with Sickert who wrote the preface to the catalogue for Lessore's first one-woman show in 1918. Sickert married Lessore in 1926More About Me
Hop picking, a seemingly leisurely pursuit in this painting, was hard work - pulling down the spiny vines to strip the flowers, used in "bittering", flavouring and stabilising beer
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