Monday, March 16, 2020

Domestic and Genre Portraits - Twentieth Century

William Orpen
Portrait of Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
1928
oil on canvas
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands

Charles James McCall
Portrait of Albert Paterson Barclay
1938
oil on board
Perth and Kinross Council, Scotland

Augustus John
Dorelia in a Landscape
1910
oil on panel
Manchester Art Gallery

Mark Gertler
Family Group
ca. 1925
oil on canvas
Southampton City Art Gallery

Glyn Philpot
Italian Soldier
ca. 1918
oil on canvas
Courtauld Gallery, London

from The Uniform

Of the sleeves, I remember their weight, like wet wool,
on my arms, and the empty ends which hung past my hands.
Of the body of the shirt, I remember the large buttons
and larger buttonholes, which made a rack of wheels
down my chest and could not be quickly unbuttoned.
Of the collar, I remember its thickness without starch,
by which it lay against my clavicle without moving.

– Marvin Bell (1994)

Lucian Freud
Paddington Interior - Harry Diamond
1970
oil on canvas
Victoria Gallery and Museum, University of Liverpool

Clare Atwood
Self Portrait in a Hat, with a Basket of Vegetables
1951
oil on canvas
National Trust, Fenton House, London

Robert Brough
Portrait of Mrs William Pyper
1900
oil on canvas
Aberdeen Art Gallery, Scotland

Francis Howard
Interlude
1915
oil on canvas
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Henry Lamb
Portrait of David John (son of Augustus John)
1922
oil on canvas
Manchester Art Gallery

Bernard Meninsky
Lady in Red
1922
oil on canvas
The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent

John Minton
Robert Hunt
1947
oil on canvas
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

David Muirhead
Blue and Silver
1929
oil on canvas
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, West Midlands

George Adolphus Storey
Viola
1914
oil on canvas
Royal Academy of Arts, London

Philip de László
Phyllis (Lady with a Parrot)
1913
oil on canvas
Reading Museum, Berkshire