Frances Hodgkins
Untitled [Interior of a Cathedral]
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Artwork Detail
Architecture rarely served as a subject in itself for Frances Hodgkins, but this rapid sketch may have resulted from her being forced indoors through poor weather. The cathedral in Arles where Hodgkins also painted has shorter Romanesque arches than
seen here. However, Meaux Cathedral, west of Paris, has similar clear horizontal bands on its stone pillars, and Gothic apertures above the side arches. Apart from Claude Monet, who specialised in capturing the shimmering effects of weather
on their façades, the Impressionists struggled with cathedrals because stone tends to absorb rather than reflect light.
- Title
- Untitled [Interior of a Cathedral]
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- Post 1908
- Medium
- watercolour
- Dimensions
- 458 x 378 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2007
- Accession no
- 2007/8/17
- Other ID
- FH0514 Frances Hodgkins Catalogue Raisonné Number, FH1909_016 Old Frances Hodgkins Number
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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