Blue Sea, Iona

Artist Samuel John Peploe (Edinburgh, Scotland, 1871 - 1935)

Date1927

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 51 cm, Width: 61.3 cm
Frame: Height: 74.6 cm, Width: 84.3 cm, Depth: 9 cm

AcquisitionThe Hyslop Collection Bequest, 1993.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG010712

Keywords

About MeFrom 1920, Peploe regularly joined Cadell in his annual painting trips to Iona. These sojourns produced fresh, highly saleable seascapes and in addition had a reinvigorating effect on his art.

During the previous decade, Peploe had adopted elements of the Cubist style - angled contoured lines, the interplay of objects and a shallow picture space. However, he understood the limitations of such a systematic approach and awaited 'new developments.' In a letter to Cadell, Peploe speculated: "When the war is over I shall go to the Hebrides and recover some of the vision I have lost."

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The mountain in the centre of this painting is Ben More, the only Munro on the Isle of Mull.

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