Merlyn Evans
Day and Evening
About this artwork
Evans painted Day and Evening during his first term at the Royal College of Art in London. During his studies there, Evans embarked upon an impressive sequence of large, abstract paintings, which owe something to Wyndham Lewis and the Vorticists. Many of his abstract paintings of the early 1930s depict strange machine-like motifs, and are remarkable for their size, confidence, and independence.
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title:Day and Evening
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accession number:GML 2050
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materials:Tempera on canvas
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date created:1932
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measurements:176.00 x 128.00 cm
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credit line:On loan from a private collection
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copyright:© Estate of Merlyn Evans
Merlyn Evans
Merlyn Evans
Born in Cardiff, Wales, Evans grew up in Rutherglen from the age of 3. He studied at Glasgow School of Art (1927-31), before attending the Royal College of Art, London (1932-34), which included study visits to Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Italy. He travelled extensively throughout the 1930s and 1940s, meeting…