Outline 6

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Since the early 1960s, Robyn Denny has made paintings and prints that use colour and form in a controlled and resolutely abstract way. Often produced in series, each work contains subtle and often minute variations to explore space and the perceptual expectations of the viewer.
Outline 6 combines vertical rectangular shapes and lines with a range of complementary colour tones. His work has been described as having a lightness and coolness of approach that belies the intricate planning which goes into each piece. The work presents a system of signs and geometric symbols which are designed to challenge the viewer, while resisting easy interpretation. Denny himself offers few clues, remarking in 2002:
I don't like talking about my work in an interpretative way. I never describe and I never explain.

Abstract artist Robyn Denny, currently lives and works in London. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art from 1951 to 1954 and at the Royal College of Art from 1954 to 1957. He has taught painting at Hammersmith College of Art, Bath Academy of Art and at the Slade in London. His first solo exhibition was held in London in 1958 and he was the youngest artist to have a retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery, in 1973. He is known for his designs in the interior of Embankment Tube.

Places

Subjects

rectangle, abstract

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

Robyn Denny (1930 - 2014)

Title

Outline 6

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 151.50 cm, width: 121.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Kasmin Gallery, June 1964

Inscription

none visible

GAC number

6515