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In this work a group of painterly forms are arranged across a predominantly brown panel. Three semi-circular forms are suggestive of boat hulls and the landscape reading is accentuated by a pale pink disk and white brush stroke redolent of moon and clouds.

Although closely associated with the St Ives group during the 1950s, Hilton rejected the romanticist tendencies of artists such as Lanyon and Wynter. Hilton's emphasis on process stressed the formal qualities of the work over and above its apparent content.

The Pier Arts Centre

Stromness

Title

Three Boats

Date

c.1958

Medium

oil on board

Measurements

H 14 x W 23.5 cm

Accession number

PAC 30

Acquisition method

gift from Margaret Gardiner, 1979

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

1. exhibition label for Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums (Pier Gallery Collection 1978). 2. exhibition label for Tate (Pier Gallery Collection 20th Sept-29th Oct 1978). 3. exhibition label for Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Out of Place: Works from the Pier Arts Centre collection).

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