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By 1905 Evelyn De Morgan was 50, she had lived through the Boer War and the outbreak of the First World War. It is, therefore, perhaps no surprise that her thoughts become more and more preoccupied with the end of life and death.
A cadence is the close of a musical phrase and, in painting this work, Evelyn is declaring the autumn of her life as the end of the season of gaiety and plenty, the start of the grey cold winter and the descent towards old age and eventually death.
Title
The Cadence of Autumn
Date
1905
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 93 x W 183 cm
Accession number
P_EDM_0019
Acquisition method
gift
Work type
Painting