Gouache figure study of a woman in a yellow and green dress
Watercolour
1939 (Painted)
1939 (Painted)
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Mervyn Peake was an important artist and writer, whose strange fantasy novels and grotesque illustrations have become progressively more famous. After studying at the Royal Academy schools, (though failing his exams) he managed to exhibit with the Sark group of artists. On the strength of this he was offered a job at the Westminster School of Art. There he taught life drawing from 1935 until 1939. This study was produced as an example for students, and shows how he experimented with various textures in the thick gouache, and thinner watercolour washes. The image shows little hint of how his dark imagination was to develop in the illustrations he produced during and after the Second World War
Object details
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| Title | Gouache figure study of a woman in a yellow and green dress (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gouache on paper |
| Brief description | Gouache figure study of a woman in a yellow and green dress, by Mervin Peake, 1939. |
| Physical description | Gouache figure study of a woman in a yellow and green dress, on laid paper watermarked CM Italia. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | By Mervyn Peake Westminster School of Art 1939 (This inscription was added on the back of the sheet by the donor) |
| Credit line | Given by Peter A. Hodges |
| Object history | This gouache drawing apparently dates from his time at the Westminster School of Art, where he taught life drawing from 1935 until 1939. According to the donor, the donor's late wife was a student of Peake's in 1939, and this and another drawing [E.313-2005] were prepared as examples for the students, and given to her subsequently |
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| Summary | Mervyn Peake was an important artist and writer, whose strange fantasy novels and grotesque illustrations have become progressively more famous. After studying at the Royal Academy schools, (though failing his exams) he managed to exhibit with the Sark group of artists. On the strength of this he was offered a job at the Westminster School of Art. There he taught life drawing from 1935 until 1939. This study was produced as an example for students, and shows how he experimented with various textures in the thick gouache, and thinner watercolour washes. The image shows little hint of how his dark imagination was to develop in the illustrations he produced during and after the Second World War |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.314-2005 |
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| Record created | June 6, 2005 |
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