About this artwork
Evans painted Day and Evening during his first term at the Royal College of Art in London. During his studies there, Evans embarked upon an impressive sequence of large, abstract paintings, which owe something to Wyndham Lewis and the Vorticists. Many of his abstract paintings of the early 1930s depict strange machine-like motifs, and are remarkable for their size, confidence, and independence.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Merlyn Evans (1910 - 1973) Welsh
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title:Day and Evening
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date created:1932
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materials:Tempera on canvas
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measurements:176.00 x 128.00 cm
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credit line:On loan from a private collection
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accession number:GML 2050
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Merlyn Evans
Merlyn Evans
Born in Cardiff, Wales, Evans grew up in Rutherglen from the age of 3. He studied at Glasgow School of Art (1927-31), before attending the Royal College of Art, London (1932-34), which included study visits to Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen and Italy. He travelled extensively throughout the 1930s and...