Homage to Beethoven

© estate of Ceri Richards. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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Richards was deeply affected by the death of Dylan Thomas in 1953 and produced a series of works in homage to the dead poet. This allegorical composition celebrates another of the artist's heroes, Ludwig van Beethoven. It juxtaposes two favourite themes. One of these is a musing woman, turning from a piano and a French horn to a sheet of music. The other is a pair of energetic galloping horses, ultimately derived from ‘The Lion Hunt’ by the French Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863).
Title

Homage to Beethoven

Date

1953

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 127.3 x W 102.4 cm

Accession number

NMW A 591

Acquisition method

gift from the Contemporary Art Society, 1956

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

2nd Backing board: Label: The tate Gallery NMW Ceri Richards Homage to Beethoven 1953 "Ceri Richards" July-Sept 81 Cat no.61 Label: WELSH ARTS COUNCIL Ceri Richards Memorial Exhibition 24 Ceri Richards Homage to Beethoven NMW Label: NMW 1st Backing Board/Mount: Label: EDINBURGH FESTIVAL 1975 Ceri Richards Exhibition Cat 34 NMW Label: ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, LONDON, W1 BRITISH PAINTING 1952-1977 Ceri Richards Homage to Beethoven (1953) NMW Serial no. 194 Inscribed: 2 306 (in chalk)

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