Brother and Sister
Artist
Joan Eardley
(Warnham, Sussex, England, 1921 - 1963)
Date1955
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsHeight: 102.2 cm, Width: 76.5 cm
Frame Size: 121 × 95.5 × 7.5cm
Weight: 21 kg
Frame Size: 121 × 95.5 × 7.5cm
Weight: 21 kg
AcquisitionPurchased in 1956 with income from the Macdonald Bequest.
Copyright© Estate of Joan Eardley. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2019
LocationOn Display - Gallery 18
Object numberABDAG003419
About MeAlthough born in Sussex, Joan Eardley spent her artistic career closely linked to Glasgow and the North East of Scotland. In Townhead, Glasgow, Eardley made the working class children the subject of her art. 'Brother and Sister' demonstrates Eardley's technique of unifying the human subject matter with the man-made environment. The confident sweeping brushstrokes carve out the apprehensive faces of the two children and the graffiti covered building behind them. The brother, the elder child, protectively grasps his young sister's arm. He shyly avoids eye contact with the viewer, yet she is innocently confrontational.
Adopted by Marty Kehoe.
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More About Me
Where do you think these siblings are heading to - or returning from? What do their stances tell us about how they feel about each other (and perhaps about us)?
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