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Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood: a meeting on canvas

09/2023 | 1446 | 165

Pages: 946–51

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Author:

Featherstone, Rupert (Featherstone, Rupert)

Subjects

artists:

Wallis, Alfred / Wood, Christopher

dates:

1930-1939

patrons:

Wertheim, Lucy

places:

St Ives

subjects:

British painting / Technical analysis / Attributions / Scientific analysis

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1.Reverse of Fig.2, showing signature and inscription. (© Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge; photograph Chris Titmus).

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2. Boats at quayside, by Alfred Wallis and Christopher Wood. 1929–30. Oil, house paint and pencil on canvas, 45.8 by 53.5 cm. (Private collection; © Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge; photograph Chris Titmus).

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3. Map of Fig.2, showing Alfred Wallis’s involvement assesed by optical examination. (© Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).

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4. Detail of Fig.2, showing Wallis’s seagulls and his changes to the buildings’ windows.

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5. X-radiograph of Fig.2, showing distribution of barium (house paint) and lead white. (© Hamilton Kerr Institute, Cambridge).

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7. La Ville-Close, Concarneau, Brittany, by Christopher Wood. 1929–30. Oil on millboard, 36.8 by 81.6 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).

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8. Detail of Fig.2, showing the new building inserted by Wallis.

Western art unattributed:

6. Concarneau. – Sortie de la Ville Close et le Quai Pénéroff. Postcard. (Private collection).

Book Review

Queer St Ives and Other Stories

03/2023 | 1440 | 165

Pages: 350

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Reviewer:

Feeke, Stephen (Feeke, Stephen)

Subjects

places:

St Ives

subjects:

Queer theory / Homosexuality / British art / Modernism

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Queer St Ives and Other Stories By Ian Massey. 256 pp. incl. 25 col. + 21 b. & w. ills. (Ridinghouse, London, 2022), £30. ISBN 978–1–909932–69–2. | :

Exhibition Review

Patrick Heron. Turner Contemporary, Margate

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 950-952

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Reviewer:

Treves, Toby (Treves, Toby)

Subjects

artists:

Heron, Patrick

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings

museums and institutions:

Tate St Ives, Saint Ives, Great Britain / Turner Contemporary, Margate, Great Britain

places:

Great Britain / St Ives / Margate

subjects:

British painting / French painting / Style / Abstract art / Figurative art / Tachiste / Landscapes (visual works) / Interior views / Formalism / Perception / Colour

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Installation view of Patrick Heron at Tate St Ives, 2018.

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2. Mainly ultramarine and venetian: November 1966, by Patrick Heron. 1966. Canvas, 182.9 by 213.4 cm. (Private collection; exh. Turner Contemporary, Margate).

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3. Sydney garden painting: December 1989: II, by Patrick Heron. 1989. Canvas, 152.4 by 213.4 cm. (Private collection; © Estate of Patrick Heron; exh. Turner Contemporary, Margate).

Exhibition Review

Groundwork: international art in Cornwall. West Cornwall (various locations)

09/2018 | 1386 | 160

Pages: 790-792

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Reviewer:

Robins, Anna Gruetzner (Robins, Anna Gruetzner; Gruetzner Robins, Anna; Gruetzner, Anna)

Subjects

artists:

McQueen, Steve / Mackie, Christina / Lynch, Sean / Starling, Simon / Semiconductor / Chodzko, Adam / Holden, Andy / Reynolds, Abigail

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Videos / Performance art / Installations (visual works)

museums and institutions:

Cornubian Arts & Science Trust, Helston, Great Britain / Godolphin House, Helston, Great Britain / Helston Museum, Helston, Great Britain / Falmouth University, Falmouth, Great Britain / Kestle Barton, Helston, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Porthmeor Studios, St Ives, Great Britain

places:

Great Britain / Helston / St Ives

subjects:

Digital technology / Astronomy / Science / Politics / Satire / Music

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