Froanna, the Artist’s Wife, 1937.
Wyndham Lewis painted this picture almost entirely in the colour red. Red can make us think of warmth and he used tones – variations of the same colour – to create a feeling of intimacy and relaxation.
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NOTES FROM THE ISLE OF LEWIS IN SCOTLAND'S OUTER HEBRIDES AND ANYWHERE ELSE I HAPPEN TO FIND MYSELF
Froanna, the Artist’s Wife, 1937.
Wyndham Lewis painted this picture almost entirely in the colour red. Red can make us think of warmth and he used tones – variations of the same colour – to create a feeling of intimacy and relaxation.
hmmm...I don't know about the red feeling - for me to think of myself in a red room, I would be overwhelmed...I'm unlike the rest, I suppose :)
ReplyDeleteNot familiar with the artist, but I like this portrait a lot! It's definitely one I'd stop and look at a bit extra in an exhibition among others.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a portrait. Looks more burnt sienna to me but then I am colour blind and viewing on a lap top.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
That's a lovely painting but I wish he could have made her look a bit happier. I like the raised eyebrow - "This going to take much longer?"
ReplyDeleteThis feels to me like today: Sunday morning and still in 'jammies. A nice leisurely 'another-cup-of-tea?' sort of morning. But her expression does look rather bored, if not cross.
ReplyDeletePS it looks a little like a Lempicka
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