Interior with Birdcage, Monk's Cottage
About this artwork
This drawing depicts the interior of Monk’s cottage in Kittleyknowe, where Victoria Crowe’s friend Jenny Armstrong had lived for most of her life. Armstrong was a physically tough woman who worked as a shepherd in Kittleyknowe for decades. Crowe often painted Armstrong as she fed her flock, carried bales of hay and walked her dog. In her later years, Armstrong became increasingly housebound and Crowe began drawing and painting the interior of her old fashioned home instead – it represented a way of life which was becoming increasingly uncommon.
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artist:Victoria Crowe (born 1945) Scottish
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title:Interior with Birdcage, Monk's Cottage
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date created:1986
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materials:Charcoal and conté on paper
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measurements:52.00 x 72.50 cm (framed: 90.40 x 109.50 x 3.10 cm)
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credit line:Purchased by the Patrons of the National Galleries of Scotland 2015
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accession number:GMA 5537
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Victoria Crowe
Victoria Crowe
Born in London, Crowe trained at the Kingston School of Art and the Royal College of Art. She moved to Scotland in 1968 and began teaching at Edinburgh College of Art. She is a painter of still life, interiors, landscapes and portraits, and works in oil and in watercolour. Visits to Italy,...