Lot 26 - Basil Blackshaw HRHA HRUA, 'ON THE ROAD TO CLOUGH'
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Result:
£23,000
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Artist:
Basil Blackshaw HRHA HRUA
Title:
'ON THE ROAD TO CLOUGH'
Size (unframed):
H 25" x W 30" (H 63.5cm x W 76cm)
Size (framed):
H 34" x W 39.5" (H 86.5cm x W 100.5cm)
Medium:
OIL ON CANVAS
Dated:
1956
Signature:
SIGNED
Framed:
YES
Provenance:
DAWSON GALLERY LABEL VERSO; TOM CALDWELL GALLERY LABEL VERSO; ARTS COUNCIL OF NORTHERN IRELAND LABEL VERSO; ILLUSTRATED PAGE 60 BLACKSHAW EDITED BY EAMONN MALLIE. ILLUSTRATED PAGE 32 BASIL BLACKSHAW - PAINTER BY BRIAN FERRAN
Description:
Painted one year before John Hewitt's essay on Blackshaw, 'Portrait of a Young Man', was published On the Road to Clough may be an example considered by Hewitt as he compared the early work of Blackshaw with French impressionist, Paul Cezanne. While Blackshaw would have come across Cezanne's work and other modernists through reproduction photographs, it was not until 1951 when he travelled to Paris and London with Kenneth Mahood he would have seen such masterpieces in person. These artistic influences shaped the formative years of Blackshaw's art.
Hewitt wrote 'So Cezanne, Blackshaw thinks, is Expressionist in his "little sensation", and in the unity and multiplicity of the tensions which he co-ordinates to express that "sensation", although at first glance the resultant painting may seem to be merely of a mountain or a bowl of apples. In his more recent work, Blackshaw grasps the example and then travels his own road.'
Blackshaw captures the feeling of a sunny day in the present painting with bright white and yellows. The wild growth of a hedgerow and distant farmhouses are stylised through colour and texture. Rolling hills with a long stretch of road draws the viewer in as the dark hedgerow breaks up the composition from structured, flat planes into wild, loosely painted plants. The simplistic five box-like buildings in the background hint towards the architectural style of Cezanne through a simplification of forms.
On the Road to Clough infuses impressionistic principles as Blackshaw captures the sensation of a summer's day, rather than a realistic representation. To capture an emotional response to the subject would require a deep understanding of its content, it is apparent that Blackshaw's rural upbringing shaped his ability to effectively capture the feeling of a place.
Hewitt wrote 'So Cezanne, Blackshaw thinks, is Expressionist in his "little sensation", and in the unity and multiplicity of the tensions which he co-ordinates to express that "sensation", although at first glance the resultant painting may seem to be merely of a mountain or a bowl of apples. In his more recent work, Blackshaw grasps the example and then travels his own road.'
Blackshaw captures the feeling of a sunny day in the present painting with bright white and yellows. The wild growth of a hedgerow and distant farmhouses are stylised through colour and texture. Rolling hills with a long stretch of road draws the viewer in as the dark hedgerow breaks up the composition from structured, flat planes into wild, loosely painted plants. The simplistic five box-like buildings in the background hint towards the architectural style of Cezanne through a simplification of forms.
On the Road to Clough infuses impressionistic principles as Blackshaw captures the sensation of a summer's day, rather than a realistic representation. To capture an emotional response to the subject would require a deep understanding of its content, it is apparent that Blackshaw's rural upbringing shaped his ability to effectively capture the feeling of a place.
Condition:
GOOD CONDITION
*Purchase of this lot will be subject to payment of the Artist's Resale Rights levy. Royalties will be calculated at 4% of the hammer price.
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