Allotments

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This painting is an Impressionistic composition with two figures in the foreground; the first, an elderly man, stands in the centre. The second, a woman, is standing to his right. The man pauses beside a wooden fence dividing an area of tarmac from the allotments at the far side of which stands a row of poplar trees obscuring the landscape beyond. Pronounced horizontal and vertical planes suggest sub-divisions within the composition. Roger de Grey painted this picture when he was a lecturer in painting at King's College, Newcastle-upon-Tyne between 1947 and 1954. During his time in Newcastle he painted his surroundings including the allotments. Similar subjects were painted by Camden Town artist Spencer Gore, de Grey’s Uncle.

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery

Carlisle

Title

Allotments

Date

c.1948

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 49.1 x W 59.5 cm

Accession number

1948.23.4

Acquisition method

purchased, 1948

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

de G

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