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Mushrooms Peaches Garlic
Peter Brannan
approx. exposed area of image inside frame
11in h x 13in w
oil on board
SOLD
Item number 710
A still life of field mushrooms and peaches placed on paper with cloves of garlic in the foreground A painting by Peter Brannan in the style of the Dutch masters with use of chiaroscuro to accentuate the black and white of the mushrooms in relation to the pastel shades of the peaches. A tour de force in technique.
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| About the artist
Born: 1926
Died: 1994
Peter Brannan was trained at the Leicester school of art and went on to become an exiting innovative figure painter. He was a member of the Royal Society of British artists and the Lincolnshire society of artists. A retrospective of his work was held at the Goldmark Gallery. He was a regular contributor to magazines of articles on fellow artists. A well loved man but very private. Read an account of this artistic family by Mavis Brannan, Peter's sister-in-law at www.room4art.com/The-Artistic-Brannans.
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| Product type |
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painting |
| Date of work |
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1948 |
| How we know the date |
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our estimate |
| The last owner of the work |
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acquired from the artist's sister-in-law |
| How we know who the artist is |
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the artist's sister-in-law |
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| School of painting |
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Modern British |
| Style of painting |
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Impressionist |
| Approach |
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still life study representative |
| Dimensions (h x w x d) inches |
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11 x 13 |
| Condition of work |
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very good |
| Recent restoration |
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No known restoration |
| Where exhibited |
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believed never exhibited |
| Quantity available |
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1 |
| Edition of |
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1 |
| Item number |
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710 |
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painting, oil, board, Mushrooms Peaches Garlic, A still life of field mushrooms and peaches placed on paper with cloves of garlic in the foreground, A painting by Peter Brannan in the style of the Dutch masters with use of chiaroscuro to accentuate the black and white of the mushrooms in relation to the pastel shades of the peaches. A tour de force in technique., 00.00.1948, Modern British, Impressionist, still life, study, plant, representative, mushrooms, brown, pink |
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