Mark Gertler
Still Life with Aspidistra
About this artwork
This large still-life painting dates from 1926, with the confident use of colour and elaborately arranged composition typical of Gertler’s style at the time. A collector of Staffordshire figures, he often included them in his compositions – indeed, the figure depicted here can also be seen in an earlier painting of 1921, entitled ‘The Hunter’.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Mark Gertler (1891 - 1939) British
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title:Still Life with Aspidistra
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date created:1926
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:101.30 x 115.20 cm; Framed: 114.50 x 129.20 x 5.50 cm
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credit line:Bequeathed by Maurice Farquharson through Art Fund, 2007
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accession number:GMA 4844
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Mark Gertler
Mark Gertler
Mark Gertler was a key figure in early twentieth-century British Art. The child of Polish-Jewish immigrants, Gertler was a talented child. He won a place at Slade School of Art, London, where he studied from 1908 to 1912. Over the next decade Gertler’s style developed from a naturalistic approach...