The Cottage by Frith Wood, Hampshire
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About the work
- Location
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Country: India
City: New Delhi
Place: British High Commission
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About the artist
John Piper was born in Epsom, Surrey and worked in his father’s solicitors’ firm until 1926. He later studied art in Richmond and London. Meeting Braque in Paris inspired him to make abstract art and to exhibit with the Seven and Five Society (1934–35). In 1935 Piper collaborated with Myfanwy Evans (later, his wife) on the pioneering review, ‘Axis’. He abandoned abstract art for Neo-Romanticism and during the Second World War, as an Official War Artist, he recorded bomb-devastated buildings of England’s disappearing architectural heritage. A versatile artist, Piper made book illustrations, theatre designs, ceramics, stained-glass and textiles. Retrospectives were held at the Museum of Modern Art (Oxford, 1973) and the Tate (1983–84).
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Explore
- Subjects
- topography, WW2 art, landscape C20th, grass, woodland, World War II, house, cottage, ruin
- Materials & Techniques
- board, oil, oil painting
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Details
- Artist
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John Piper (1903 - 1992)
- Title
- The Cottage by Frith Wood, Hampshire
- Date
- 1941
- Medium
- Oil on board
- Dimensions
- height: 71.00 cm, width: 91.50 cm
- Acquisition
- Purchased from the New Art Centre, June 1984
- Inscription
- signed and inscribed verso
- Provenance
- Sold through Sotheby's, 23 May 1984 (Lot 207); purchased from New Art Centre June 1984
- GAC number
- 16273