Threnody

Artist Sir Robin Philipson (Broughton-in-Furness, England, 1916 - 1992)

Datec. 1970

Mediumoil on hand-collaged paper on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 185.5 cm, Width: 138.8 cm
Frame: Height: 188 cm, Width: 140.5 cm

AcquisitionOwned by Aberdeen City Council under the curatorial care of Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDCC001008

Keywords

Abstract

About MePhilipson's Threnody series began in the late 1960s and occupied him periodically over the next twenty years. A threnody is a lamentation on someone's death. During the war, when Philipson was in Burma, his sister had sent him a threnody from a collection of poems entitled Soldier Poets.
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A threnody is a lamentation on someone's death. Can you see how the artist explores this theme in his work?