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ID number: BIRBI-2006.3 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Lewis, Percy Wynham (1882-1957) Title / Object name / Definition: A Portrait of the Artist's Wife, 'Froanna' Object type: Drawing Place made: USA Culture: British Date made: 1940 Materials: Pencil and coloured chalks on blue paper Measurements: 48.3 x 31.0 cm |
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Description: This portrait of the artist’s wife Gladys Hoskins (1990-1979), known as Froanna, was made in America where Lewis spent the war years. The artist bought the distinctive blue paper in a drugstore and the unusual support perhaps inspired his use of coloured chalks. With the exception of the ornate turban, the artist restricts himself to bold lines and a few areas of shading. Nonetheless, he captures a sense of strain and intensity in the sitter, enhanced by the lack of a setting. Lewis was one of the leading British avant-garde artists who explored the lessons of continental modernism. Inscriptions / Translations: Signed and dated lower right: Wyndham Lewis/1940 Notes: Exhibited: 'Wyndam Lewis, 1882-1957', Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, 5 February - 6 May 2010 |
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