Oratio Obliqua

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Everyday scene of cinema audience where the viewer is positioned to the far side of the theatre. Musicians are visible in the pit to the left beneath the film screen onto which projector throws an image of a figure dressing. An usherette stands by front row of stalls with a tray of ices. The figures in the front row are depicted in some detail. There are boxes in the background with more anonymous seated figures. The passage of projected light illuminates the architecture of the theatre exposing decorative gold gilt walls with luxurious red curtains.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

Oratio Obliqua

Date

1918

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 91 x W 61.1 cm

Accession number

1926.39

Acquisition method

gift from Howard Bliss, 1926

Work type

Painting

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