In a Venetian Church
About this artwork
During the 1950s, Redpath’s handling became much freer and she applied the paint more thickly, normally working with a palette-knife. She commented: “I couldn’t paint it smooth anymore. I had to paint it as if it were some kind of encrusted jewel. And while in a way they are more abstract than they were before, they are still quite real.” As a child Redpath had attended the Hawick Congregational Church and was fascinated by the ornamental trappings of the Catholic Church. Although she was not religious, Redpath delighted in the rich colourings of gold, silver and purple, and in the precious decoration of altarpieces. Redpath’s church paintings, such as this, mark a shift in both the character and style of her work.
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artist:Anne Redpath (1895 - 1965) Scottish
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title:In a Venetian Church
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date created:1963/4
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:61.00 x 50.90 cm; Framed: 81.00 x 71.00 x 5.70 cm
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credit line:Scott Hay Collection: presented 1967
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accession number:GMA 1060
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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...