ian murphy
the pogoda in the summer palace -2003
Monday, 14 October 2013
Thursday, 3 October 2013
one of the family
One
of the family
Frederick george cotman (1850-1920)
I am lucky to of witnessed this piece face to face when our class visited the walker art gallery. Frederick george cotman was the nephew of the well known watercolourist, john sell cotman. The title of this painting refers to the white horse who stretches its head through the open door to be fed. I am intrieged by the amount detail and the warm colour created by Frederick's pallet; presenting great tone and shadow to the piece. The scene is based on a room in the black boy inn at hurley on thames, and the figures were modelled by memebrs of the street family, owners off the inn. The work was one of the first subjects of popular character purchased for the walker art gallery by its first curator, as he wrote to give great pleasure to the numerous visitors of the gallery who are uninitiated in the higher forms of art
Frederick george cotman (1850-1920)
I am lucky to of witnessed this piece face to face when our class visited the walker art gallery. Frederick george cotman was the nephew of the well known watercolourist, john sell cotman. The title of this painting refers to the white horse who stretches its head through the open door to be fed. I am intrieged by the amount detail and the warm colour created by Frederick's pallet; presenting great tone and shadow to the piece. The scene is based on a room in the black boy inn at hurley on thames, and the figures were modelled by memebrs of the street family, owners off the inn. The work was one of the first subjects of popular character purchased for the walker art gallery by its first curator, as he wrote to give great pleasure to the numerous visitors of the gallery who are uninitiated in the higher forms of art
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