Widgeon

Artist Morland Lewis (Camarthen, Wales, 1903 - 1943)

Datec. 1938

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 61 cm, Width: 45.7 cm
Frame: Height: 80.7 cm, Width: 65.6 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1938 with income from the Macdonald Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002521

Keywords

Wigeon

About MeMorland Lewis was a Welsh artist and was born in Carmarthen, South Wales, in 1903. He studied at St John's Wood School of Art, then at the Royal Academy Schools but perhaps his most formative years were spent as a pupil of Walter Richard Sickert.

In this still life study of dead widgeon (a type of duck) Lewis shows the muted and sombre palette that Sickert also preferred. The painting has a sense of stillness and quiet that distinguished much of Lewis' art.

From 1929 Morland Lewis exhibited with the London Group, which had been founded in 1913 to promote modern art and encourage and support artists to show their work. Lewis took up a teaching post at Chelsea School of Art but the Second World War brought his career to a tragic end - whilst serving as a camouflage officer he was killed in the North Africa Campaign on 4 August 1943.