From a Window in Skye
About this artwork
In the 1940s, Redpath was greatly influenced by the French painter Henri Matisse (1869-1954). She took inspiration from his heightened colours including pinks, greens and yellows, which can be seen in this work. She was also influenced by his window view compositions, in which landscapes are seen from an interior setting. Redpath travelled to the Isle of Skye with family for a month in 1946 and made numerous paintings on location. It was a fruitful period for the artist, during which time she created enough work for a solo exhibition at the Gordon Small Gallery on Princes Street in Edinburgh in March 1947.
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artist:Anne Redpath (1895 - 1965) Scottish
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title:From a Window in Skye
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date created:About 1946
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materials:Gouache on card
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measurements:26.30 x 35.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Dr R.A. Lillie 1977
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accession number:GMA 1961
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Anne Redpath
Anne Redpath
Redpath was born in Galashiels and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1920 she married and moved to France, devoting much of the next fourteen years to her family and doing little painting. In the mid-1930s she returned to Scotland, settling in Hawick in the Borders. Redpath admired the French...