Woman in a Landscape
About this artwork
The figure at the centre of Woman in a Landscape appears to have merged with her surroundings. Based on the title, we might guess that the pointed forms on the left of the picture are a set of hills in the background, although they equally appear to be entering or exiting the mouth and nose of the woman. The aggressive lines drawn by Douthwaite reveal her sometimes aggressive image-making process: ‘Occasionally the paper tears because I draw like a savage’. As this is a lithograph the image will have first been drawn onto a stone or metal plate before going through the printing process.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Pat Douthwaite (1934 - 2002) Scottish
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title:Woman in a Landscape
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date created:1974
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materials:Lithograph on paper
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measurements:41.40 x 62.20 cm (paper 60.00 x 83.50 cm)
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credit line:Purchased 1975
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accession number:GMA 1343
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Pat Douthwaite
Pat Douthwaite
Douthwaite examined her inner self as her subject, with her work evoking the torment of humanity and particularly that of a female nature. She combined often dark imagery with vibrant colours and a confident, yet fragile, line. Born in Glasgow, from 1947 Douthwaite studied movement, mime and modern...