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Description: | The overall tone of this piece is one of blue and grey. The shades vary from the lightest white areas to the darkest blue almost black areas. In the areas of shadow a dark blue has been used to tie in all the elements of the painting. By restricting his palette the artist brings a harmony to the overall piece, as all the colours unify together. Since the artist has used fairly cold colours the mood appears quite sombre, this is reflected in the sitter's expression. The title gives us some more information perhaps the fencer is preparing for a duel or perhaps he is reflecting on the outcome of a previous contest.
Oil on canvas portrait of a male fencer wearing his white fencing uniform. He is seated in a blue interior and he is holding his sword with a gloved hand. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Ian Campbell Gray | Subjects: | Portrait painting Fencing Men Fine arts Oil painting Oil Paintings Sport People | Temporal: | 1900 - 1963
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | GRAY; Ian Campbell | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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