A Czechoslovakian Mountain Town

Details

Mary Swanzy, H.R.H.A. (1882-1978)
A Czechoslovakian Mountain Town
oil on canvas
12½ x 16¾ in. (31.6 x 42.5 cm.)

Exhibited

London, Pyms Gallery, An Exhibition of Paintings by Mary Swanzy, H.R.H.A., May 1998, no. 6.

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Lot Essay

This picture is characteristic of the vigorous landscapes that Swanzy executed on her journey to Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia circa 1920-21. But the areas of snow lying on the bare rocky mountains that rise above the small village and the ochre-coloured hills, add an alluring wintry atmosphere to the painting. The white of the snow is echoed by the bright, drifting clouds, and the white-washed churches which rise out of the grey rooftops of the village. Swanzy paints with broad strokes of pigment upon a rough-grained canvas.
J.C.

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