Game of Tennis, Luxembourg Gardens
About this artwork
Peploe made regular visits to France from 1904, painting on the Channel coast and in Paris, often in the company of John Duncan Fergusson. This painting of a sun-dappled game of doubles tennis shows Peploe moving away from the Impressionist technique, which he had previously favoured, towards a more hard-edged style based on flatter blocks of colour and a cropped composition. This was undoubtedly due to the influence of leading artists including Henri Matisse and André Derain then breaking ground in the French art world.
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artist:Samuel John Peploe (1871 - 1935) Scottish
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title:Game of Tennis, Luxembourg Gardens
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date created:About 1906
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materials:Oil on panel
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measurements:16.10 x 23.80 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Dr R.A. Lillie 1977
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accession number:GMA 1944
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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...