About this artwork
Redpath travelled to Lisbon in 1961. Although she was not a church goer, she was fascinated by the ornate Baroque interiors of the Catholic churches in Portugal with their rich, earthy colourings and gold ornamentation. Redpath was particularly interested in the church altarpieces and made many painted studies of them on location, including this work. In her older age she enjoyed the peace of painting inside cool church interiors as opposed to the hot and busy streets outside where she would be constantly interrupted by inquisitive children.
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artist:Anne Redpath (1895 - 1965) Scottish
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title:Lisbon Church
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date created:1961
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materials:Oil on hardboard
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measurements:61.00 x 76.90 cm
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credit line:Scott Hay Collection: presented 1967
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accession number:GMA 1062
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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...