Île de Bréhat
About this artwork
Inspired by his friend, and fellow Scottish Colourist, John Duncan Fergusson’s successful move to Paris in 1907, Peploe followed suit in 1910. Fergusson recalled “Peploe and I went everywhere together… I was very happy, for I felt at last he was in a suitable milieu… He was working hard, and changed from blacks and greys to colour and design”, as can be seen in this painting. Peploe’s more controlled and graphic composition, as compared to earlier, more impressionist works like ‘On the French Coast’, with half the image boldly given over to an almost empty sky, reveal his exposure to Fauvism in Paris.
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artist:Samuel John Peploe (1871 - 1935) Scottish
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title:Île de Bréhat
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date created:1911
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materials:Oil on canvas-board
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measurements:32.70 x 40.90 cm; Framed: height 48.80 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Dr R.A. Lillie 1977
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accession number:GMA 1941
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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...