拍品 59
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John William Godward (British, 1861-1922)
John William Godward (British, 1861-1922)

The Siesta

细节
John William Godward (British, 1861-1922)
The Siesta
signed and dated 'J.W. Godward 1895' (upper left)
oil on canvas
12 x 13 7/8 in. (30.5 x 35 cm.)
Painted in 1895
出版
Dr. V. Swanson, John William Godward, London, 1997, p. 54, pl. 26 (illustrated) and p. 190, no. 7.

拍品专文

Dr. Swanson states that this "painting is important in the sense that it represents an excellent late example of Godward's early technique. The pigmentation of the edges of objects, folds of drapery and face are soft. Instead of his later penchant for following the contour of the form being represented, he brushes his paint cross-ways, in thick impasto, allowing feathered edges. By 1895 even this smaller work adopted a harder edge and much more delicate finesse of brush-stroke" (Swanson, p. 190).