Sir William Russell Flint, R.A. (1880-1969)

细节

Sir William Russell Flint, R.A. (1880-1969)

Homage to Demeter, Provence

signed lower right W. Russell Flint, signed again and inscribed on a label on the stretcher, Homage to Demeter, Provence by W Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., Peel Cottage, 80 Peel Street, W8, signed and inscribed again on the stretcher Homage to Demeter, Provence W. Russell Flintoil on canvas, 36 x 62in. (92 x 158cm.)

Painted circa 1939

来源

R. Sanderson

出版

Royal Academy Illustrated, 1939, p.21
A. Palmer, More than Shadows: A Biography of W. Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., London, 1943, pl.55, p.33

展览

London, Royal Academy, 1939, no.187

拍品专文

Flint describes this painting in his notes to Arnold Palmer's biography, 'A composition impelled by the sight of Provencal dancers at the Bravade, St.Tropez. There was material for subjects galore. Every dance deserved a pictorial record...The Bravade is a delightful melange of local patriotism and paganism overlaid with piety...There is much amid the merriment of the Bravade, which is, or was, a celebration of a famous victory in 1636. Twenty-one Spanish galleons had attacked St.Tropez, but strong in their faith in their patron Saint the men of the little fishing town defeated the lot in three hours. Since then on each fifteenth of June there have been processions, salutes with flags and guns, dancing and religious services at the old church and at altars erected in the streets'
(W. Russell Flint, loc. cit)