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Ilse Magdalene R.

© estate of Sir Lawrence Gowing. Image credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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Lawrence Gowing, CBE, held one of his rare one-man exhibitions in London in June 1955 and from this we were fortunate in acquiring the painting 'Ilse Magdalen R.', an example of contemporary traditional painting at its very best. It has great strength and breadth of treatment, and a subtle use of colour and appreciation of tonal values which produce an effect of almost sculptural serenity. The artist shows an awareness of many contemporary strains of aesthetic theory without conveying the slightest suggestion of mere polite derivation. It is remarkable that such qualities should emanate from a background of professional university teaching. Professor Gowing is a most rare combination: a creative artist and a learned and perceptive critic and art historian.

Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

Nottingham

Title

Ilse Magdalene R.

Date

1953

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91.4 x W 71.1 cm

Accession number

NCM 1955-46

Acquisition method

purchased from the Leicester Galleries, 1955

Work type

Painting

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Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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