Cock Fight

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Clackmannanshire Council

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The artist's work is very distinctive, characterised by his bold use of colour and heavy impasto, as well as sometimes quite harsh composition. In the early 1950s he began a series of paintings of cockfights; a theme he continued for several years. This painting is likely to date from that time.

Clackmannanshire Council Museum and Heritage Service

Alloa

Title

Cock Fight

Date

1950s

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm

Accession number

902 890

Acquisition method

on loan from Clackmannanshire Educational Trust

Work type

Painting

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Clackmannanshire Council Museum and Heritage Service

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