The Indian Rug (or Red Slippers)
About this artwork
The vivid colours and flat patterning of this painting owe much to Matisse, while the 'tipped-up' perspective reflects Redpath's admiration for early Italian painting. Redpath was fascinated by colour and texture. In this painting, the pattern of the rug meshes with the shapes of the slippers and chair to such a degree that it is difficult to separate flat from three-dimensional form. Redpath's father designed tweed fabrics and her work has the sense of patterning sometimes found in textiles. She remarked: 'I do with a spot of red or yellow in a harmony of grey what my father did with his tweed.'
On the reverse of this work Redpath painted a view of the Borders Landscape, simultaniously on display.
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artist:Anne Redpath (1895 - 1965) Scottish
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title:The Indian Rug (or Red Slippers)
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date created:About 1942
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materials:Oil on plywood
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measurements:73.90 x 96.10 cm; Framed: 91.50 x 113.50 x 6.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1965
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accession number:GMA 932
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Anne Redpath
Anne Redpath
Redpath was born in Galashiels and studied at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1920 she married and moved to France, devoting much of the next fourteen years to her family and doing little painting. In the mid-1930s she returned to Scotland, settling in Hawick in the Borders. Redpath admired the French...