'Quite impossible to paint with so many people around'
About this artwork
Like ‘Comment ca va?’ (GMA 1707) and ‘Man Painting Observed by Two Children’ (GMA 1709), this work takes a humorous look at the experience of trying to paint and draw in a public art gallery. The artist is stylishly dressed; her hat seeming extravagant for someone who is painting. Paxton Brown was very interested in fashion; her attitude was that fashion is the result of attention to detail: “A chic woman would always be immaculate, never down-at-heel, invariably well-gloved.”
Updated before 2020
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artist:Helen Paxton Brown (1876 - 1956) Scottish
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title:'Quite impossible to paint with so many people around'
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Black chalk on paper
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measurements:23.30 x 26.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1977
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accession number:GMA 1705
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subject:
Helen Paxton Brown
Helen Paxton Brown
A native of Glasgow, Helen Paxton Brown was a student at Glasgow School of Art at the same time as Jessie M. King and the two became lifelong friends. They shared a studio from around 1898 until 1907 and, like King, Paxton Brown was associated with the Glasgow Girls. Paxton Brown excelled at...