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Baby Asleep
Baby Asleep
Baby Asleep

Baby Asleep

Artist (Uddingston, Scotland, 1892 - 1974)
Datec. 1938
Mediumwatercolour on paper
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsSight Size: Height: 35.1 cm, Width: 41 cm
Frame: Height: 58.3 cm, Width: 66.5 cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1938.
Copyright© the copyright holder
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG004415
Keywords
About MeMadge Mitchell trained at Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and subsequently in Paris under Henri L'hote, later returning to Gray's as a teacher of painting. Her commissioned work was mostly portraits, both presentation and private.

Watercolour lends itself well for child studies where quick brushwork can capture their sudden movements and fleeting expressions. This tender study of a sleeping baby avoids the problem of hyperactivity yet still evinces something of the infant's individuality.