Signboard for the Omega Workshops
Painting
1913 (painted)
1913 (painted)
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This signboard, depicting the symbol for the Greek letter Omega on one side and a vase of flowers on the other, was designed and painted by the Scottish artist Duncan James Corrowr Grant (1885-1978). It was made in 1913 to hang outside the Omega Workshops, located at 33 Fitzroy Square, West London.
The Omega Workshop was launched by the art historian, critic and painter Roger Eliot Fry (1866-1934). It was a venture set up with the hope that the new sense of colour, design and rhythm animating post-impressionism would be taken up in the decorative arts. Despite the involvement of artists such as Fry, Grant, Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) and, initially, Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), the company had difficulty surviving and closed in 1919.
The Omega Workshop was launched by the art historian, critic and painter Roger Eliot Fry (1866-1934). It was a venture set up with the hope that the new sense of colour, design and rhythm animating post-impressionism would be taken up in the decorative arts. Despite the involvement of artists such as Fry, Grant, Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) and, initially, Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), the company had difficulty surviving and closed in 1919.
Object details
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| Title | Signboard for the Omega Workshops (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on panel |
| Brief description | Oil painting, signboard for the Omega Workshops, by Duncan Grant, 1913 |
| Physical description | Painted on both sides - one showing a large depiction of the Greek letter omega (the symbol for the Omega workshop), the other what looks like a glass functioning as a vase, with one large and one small flower in it. |
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| Object history | This signboard was purchased by the V&A in 1963 directly from Grant, who had presumably retained it when the Omega Workshops closed in 1921. |
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| Summary | This signboard, depicting the symbol for the Greek letter Omega on one side and a vase of flowers on the other, was designed and painted by the Scottish artist Duncan James Corrowr Grant (1885-1978). It was made in 1913 to hang outside the Omega Workshops, located at 33 Fitzroy Square, West London. The Omega Workshop was launched by the art historian, critic and painter Roger Eliot Fry (1866-1934). It was a venture set up with the hope that the new sense of colour, design and rhythm animating post-impressionism would be taken up in the decorative arts. Despite the involvement of artists such as Fry, Grant, Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) and, initially, Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), the company had difficulty surviving and closed in 1919. |
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| Accession number | P.35-1963 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2006 |
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