Roses
about 1920 - 1925 [verso about 1908]
On Display Modern Two
- Scottish Art
Peploe never tired of painting still-lifes, striving for many years to produce a `perfect? still life. The small range of objects he used allowed him to experiment with colour, form and composition. He explained, "flowers, leaves, jugs, what not ? colours, form, relation ? I can never see the mystery coming to an end." Dominated by the bright yellow table cloth, this painting shows Peploe?s skilful use of colour to structure the composition of a painting. The flowers in his pictures changed according to the season ? tulips in spring and roses in summer.
