Frances Hodgkins
The Spanish Well, Purbeck
Artwork Detail
Her last oil painting, Hodgkins worked on Spanish well, Purbeck over a number of months. The work refers to the blackout, yet the darkness is filled with traces of colour and the memory of light. As the conflict of war came to an end, the artist felt an uplifting of spirits, writing:
My Muse has returned to me – I found her waiting for me on the doorstep faithful wench, which goes to show how futile it is to travel over mountains in search of material when it lies at your own pavement, for the seeing. (Frances Hodgkins - Leitmotif, 2005)
- Title
- The Spanish Well, Purbeck
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1945
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size (h x w)
- 670 x 646 mm
- Inscription
- Frances Hodgkins 1945 (l.r.)
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of Mr P D Hodgkins, 1959
- Accession no
- 1959/14/1
- Other ID
- 1959/21 Old Accession Number, FH1244 Frances Hodgkins Catalogue Raisonné Number, FH1945_003 Old Frances Hodgkins Number, 45.3 RW Number, 79:13:17A RW Negative Number
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- On display
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