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Night Fête at Olevano

Oil Painting
1853-1854 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Pyne, James Baker (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Rome (painted)

Oil painting

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Oil Paintings
  • Frames
TitleNight Fête at Olevano (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting, 'Night Fête at Olevano', James Baker Pyne, 1853-1854
Physical description
Oil painting
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 64.8cm
  • Estimate width: 90.2cm
  • Frame height: 96.5cm
  • Frame width: 122cm
  • Frame depth: 10cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Marks and inscriptions
'JBPYNE 1854 No 357' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Gallery label
(04/2021)
During the 19th century, the small town of Olevano near Rome was home to a thriving community of artists from across Europe. James Baker Pyne painted this dramatic scene during one of his visits in the 1850s. His theatrical use of colour demonstrates how his work was influenced by the renowned painter J.M.W. Turner, and exemplifies Pyne’s experiments with contrasting light effects.
Credit line
Bequeathed by Joshua Dixon
Object history
Beqeuathed by Joshua Dixon, 1886
Bibliographic references
  • Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 235
  • David Jackson, Werner Busch, Jenny Reynaerts, Andreas Blühm, and Ruud Schenk Romanticism in the North : from Friedrich to Turner. Groningen : Groninger Museum ; Zwolle : WBooks, (2017), p. 173
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
1018-1886

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Record createdApril 23, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134097/night-fête-at-olevano-oil-painting-pyne-james-baker/
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