Studio Interior

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

Date1929

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 76.5 cm, Width: 63.6 cm
Frame: Height: 100.9 cm, Width: 88.4 cm, Depth: 11 cm

AcquisitionThe Hyslop Collection Bequest, 1993.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG010716

Keywords

About MeIn the latter part of his career, as he began to meet with a certain amount of success, Samuel John Peploe began to experiment to an even greater extent in his paintings. In some works, he ignored the pure colours that had been a fixture of his works since the early 1910s, and began to explore more muted tones.
In Studio Interior, Peploe applies pale tones of blue, brown, grey and white with loose, painterly brushstrokes. He uses colour as Cézanne did in his works - to create space and suggest the fall of light at the same time. Here, the light creates pools of white on the floor and back wall.
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In his later career, having by then met with some success, Peploe became more experimental in his paintings, ignoring pure colours for more muted ones.