Spencer Gore
Conversation Piece and Self-Portrait
About this artwork
This is an unusual self-portrait, as the artist appears only in reflection, partly obscured by a card stuck in the mirror’s frame. The lively brushstrokes belie its complex composition created by sophisticated spatial devices. The bottom half of the painting, with its horizontal bands, contrasts to the top section which is divided into vertical panels of differing colours.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Spencer Gore (1878 - 1914) English
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title:Conversation Piece and Self-Portrait
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date created:About 1910
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materials:Oil on board
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measurements:32.00 x 38.00 cm; Framed: 51.80 x 57.90 x 5.30 cm
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credit line:Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2009
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accession number:GMA 5109
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Spencer Gore
Spencer Gore
Spencer Gore was recognised as a leading figure amongst his contemporaries but his untimely death, aged thirty-five, prevented him from fully developing as an artist. Born in Surrey, Gore studied at the Slade School of Art, London, from 1896-9. In 1904 he travelled to northern France and met Walter...
