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"Evening, St. Kilda Road," Clarice Beckett, c. 1930.
Beckett (1887-1935) was a key figure of the Australian tonalist movement. A very busy painter, she left behind a few thousand works. However, she was sadly disregarded during her lifetime and never exhibited anywhere. In the latter half of the 20th century her work began to be rediscovered, but by then over a thousand of her paintings had been destroyed; some in a fire, some by her father (thinking they were unfinished and were to be scrapped) and many by sheer neglect. Now she is regarded as one of Australia's greatest artists.
Beckett loved to paint in the early morning or late evening, capturing the misty half-light of those times....although arguments continue if this was a statement on her part or just relishing the challenge. Here, as with many of her works, she depicts a street in Melbourne, seemingly on a misty evening...kind of like what I'm having here, with drizzling rain. Even the brightest thing here, the neon sign, can't be read because the mist distorts it too much. It's an atmospheric painting.
From the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
#Art #WomenArtists #AustralianArt #ClariceBeckett #Melbourne
Beckett (1887-1935) was a key figure of the Australian tonalist movement. A very busy painter, she left behind a few thousand works. However, she was sadly disregarded during her lifetime and never exhibited anywhere. In the latter half of the 20th century her work began to be rediscovered, but by then over a thousand of her paintings had been destroyed; some in a fire, some by her father (thinking they were unfinished and were to be scrapped) and many by sheer neglect. Now she is regarded as one of Australia's greatest artists.
Beckett loved to paint in the early morning or late evening, capturing the misty half-light of those times....although arguments continue if this was a statement on her part or just relishing the challenge. Here, as with many of her works, she depicts a street in Melbourne, seemingly on a misty evening...kind of like what I'm having here, with drizzling rain. Even the brightest thing here, the neon sign, can't be read because the mist distorts it too much. It's an atmospheric painting.
From the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney.
#Art #WomenArtists #AustralianArt #ClariceBeckett #Melbourne