Chair with hat - Ile de Re' - Capital Collections

Category

Museums & Galleries Item

Item no

20707

Title

Chair with hat - Ile de Re'

Description

This colourful work depicts a Still Life scene. The intense colours give the work a relaxed jovial feel. A brightly painted yellow wicker chair stands in the foreground. A large evergreen bush is used to create a contrast against the intense red of the brick wall behind it. A simple and fun expression using colour as his primary means of communication.

Artist / maker

Knox, Jack

Size

158.8 x 184.8 cm

Type

Oil painting

Location

City Art Centre

Accession number

CAC15/1988

Jack Knox has through much of his career explored the subject of Still Life, and his ability to instill his images with an inner vitality and joie de vivre is clearly demonstrated in his work. The source for the painting 'Chair with Hat' stemmed from Knox's nostalgic memories of a summer spent at lle de Ré off the French Atlantic coast.

(c.) the artist

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