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ID number: BIRBI-97.6 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Derain, André (1880-1954) Title / Object name: Portrait of Bartolomeo Savona Object type: Painting Place made: London Culture: French Date made: 1906 Materials: Oil on canvas Measurements: 45.7 x 35.4 cm unframed; 62.5 x 53 x 4cm framed Provenance: The sitters family, Italy, from 1906-1997; Giorgio Gallo, Italy; purchased by the Barber Institute, 1997 |
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Savona was a Sicilian student who was staying in the guest house Derain used during his visit to London in 1906. According to family legend, Savona acted as the artist’s translator when he needed to visit a dentist. He then painted this portrait in three twenty-minute sittings as a gift. Derain uses raw and clashing colours and exuberant brushwork to create a lively and sympathetic image. Similar works had led him, and his associate Henri Matisse, to be dubbed Fauves (Wild Beasts) when they exhibited in Paris in the previous year. Inscriptions / Translations: Signed l.r.:a. derain Notes: Exhibited: 'Art Treasures of England: The Regional Collections', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 22 January - 13 April 1998 (no. 361) |
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1 Related People | |
| Derain, André French 1880 1954 | |
5 Related Publications | |
| Burlington Magazine Burlington Magazine 1998 | |
| Chronique des Arts 1998 | |
| Apollo Apollo 1998 | |
| The National Art Collections Fund Review 1997 | |
| Andre Derain in London (1906-07): Letters and a Sketchbook Labrusse, R. and Munck, J. The Burlington Magazine 2004 | |
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