Study for the Painting 'The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania'
About this artwork
This is a compositional study for one of Paton's most popular paintings (NG 293), that illustrates an episode from Shakespeare's play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The fantastic nature of the subject has tended to diminish appreciation of Paton as a figurative artist in the classical tradition, and in particular as one of the few artists in mid-nineteenth century Britain still painting the nude figure. Numerous studies for the composition and groups of fairies exist, many of the later, according to family tradition being made from three dimensional models of the fairies.
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artist:Sir Joseph Noel Paton (1821 - 1901) Scottish
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title:Study for the Painting 'The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania'
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date created:About 1848
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materials:Pen and wash on paper
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measurements:20.60 x 31.80 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1932
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accession number:D 3806
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Sir Joseph Noel Paton
Sir Joseph Noel Paton
Paton was a highly successful artist who specialised in painting detailed compositions illustrating biblical episodes and imaginative stories based on romantic myths and legends. His interest in achieving convincing naturalistic detail was inspired by his friend John Everett Millais, the Pre-...