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Interior with Artist's Mother (1918)

Harold John Wilde Gilman

oil on canvas

Manchester Art Gallery

Interior with Artist's Mother (1918)

Details

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Physical Object Description:

A portrait of Mrs Gilman, the artist's mother, seen from the left-hand side, as she is seated in a large wicker chair in her sitting room. She is leaning back reading a book, and behind her can be seen various paintings on the walls, and a chest of drawers with vases and bowls placed on top of it. The dark blue of her long dress and blue-toned background dominate the colour scheme of the painting, but are alleviated by the bright patterns of the carpet, the cushions of her chair, and the chest of drawers. Oil on canvas, 1918

Dimensions:

51.2 x 61.4 (circa) cm

Accession Number:

1931.32

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931

Scheme:

Historic Purchase by Purchaser (1914-2008)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Sir Muirhead Bone (1876-1953) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1921; presented to the Charles Rutherston Collection, Manchester Art Gallery, 1931

Relationship:

Muirhead Bone Manchester Art Gallery

Subject:

Portraits, Mother, Reading, Domestic, Leisure

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Artist Bio

Harold John Wilde Gilman
Interior with Artist's Mother (1918)

Artworks by Harold John Wilde Gilman

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