Samuel John Peploe
Peonies
About this artwork
This tiny still life reveals Peploe’s interest in Old Master painting, in particular the work of the seventeenth century artists Frans Hals and Rembrandt van Rijn, whose work he saw in Holland in 1895. After the First World War, Peploe virtually abandoned portraiture and figure painting and specialised instead in still lifes and landscapes. Here, the thickly applied paint of the flowers contrasts to the smooth, dark background.
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artist:Samuel John Peploe (1871 - 1935) Scottish
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title:Peonies
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date created:About 1900 - 1905
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:24.00 x 16.30 cm; Framed: 36.60 x 29.00 x 5.80 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Dr R.A. Lillie 1977
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accession number:GMA 1946
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Samuel John Peploe
Samuel John Peploe
Peploe is one of the group of four artists known as the 'Scottish Colourists'. Born in Edinburgh, he studied art in Paris and lived there from 1910 to 1912. It was through painting holidays in Northern France that he was introduced to the use of bold colour, inspired by the bright sunlight. He...