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Description: | 'Penns in the Rocks' is the name of the house belonging to Lady Dorothy Wellesley, at Withyam in Sussex. She was a friend of Duncan Grant's and he painted some murals for the inside of the house. In this very expressive painting, Grant depicts the sandstone boulders, for which the garden was famous. Grant painted ths picture out of doors on the spot. Duncan Grant was a member of a group of artists called The Bloomsbury Group. They were very interested in the expressive use of colour, being influenced by the Expressionist Artists. They also embraced the Expressionist's love of pattern, as seen in work by Matisse for example. This painting shows both a love of bold bright colour and a concern for pattern. The expressive brushstrokes give the piece a certain fluid movement.
Oil painting showing a green landscape with sandstone boulders. There are mature green trees around the boulders. The sky is blue. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Duncan Grant | Subjects: | Gardens Fine arts Countryside Landscape Oil painting Oil Paintings Art collections | Temporal: | 1930
20th century (1900-1999) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | GRANT; Duncan (1885 - 1978) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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