Shadowed Interior

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

20650

Title

Shadowed Interior

Description

A still life painting depicting the interior contents of the artists home at Temple in Midlothian. Facing the viewer in the foreground is a yellow table standing centrally in a large room. Various objects sit upon the table top. The items are simply arranged upon the table in a vaguely symmetrical fashion. Two large vases containing foliage sit on opposite sides of the table. Displayed between the vases there is an orange cup with a geometric design, a large blue class decanter and a Dutch flower vase.
In the background the table sits against a window that separates the large room in to two. In the far left we can see a piano above which hangs an abstract painting.

Artist / maker

Gillies, Sir William George

Size

108.2 x 98.1 cm

Type

Oil painting

Location

City Art Centre

Accession number

CAC1970/4

Sir William George Gillies was a renowned Scottish landscape and still life painter. Gillies studied under André Lhote in Paris in 1923 and he went on to visit Italy in 1924. For a brief period after these experiences he worked in a cubist manner, but would later revert to a more traditional style. In 1934 Gillies attended an exhibition of Paul Klee's work and was impressed by the childlike qualities and imaginative use of colour that he saw. Although he experimented with portraiture in his early career, Gillies concentrated principally on landscapes and still life, frequently depicting the Lothian, Fife and Border regions. This work is oil on panel.

By permission of Royal Scottish Academy

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Furnishings > Furniture > Shelves

Furnishings > Furniture > Tables

Furnishings > Ornamentation > Tablecloths

Furnishings > Ornamentation > Vases

Plants > Flowers > Flowers