“The Listener” by William Strang, R.A.

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The Listener

William Strang (1859-1921)

1916

Oil on canvas

45 x 39 in. (114.3 x 99 cm)

Exhibited: 1916, International Society, Summer Exhibition; 1917, Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts; 1921 Fine Art Society, 'William Strang Memorial Exhibition'. 1981 Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, Glasgow Museums and Art Galleries, National Portrait Gallery, London, cat no 26.

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Courtesy of Liss Llewellyn Fine Art

Commentary by Liss Llewellyn Fine Art

“There is”, wrote 'Tis' (Colour Magazine, September 1916), “that picture of his entitled 'The Listener'. It represents apparently a coster girl listening to the love offer of a coster. But they are not really coster types, nor are their costumes really coster costumes. Strang s'en fiche: he was concerned with the great fundamental of love-making: he, according to his own explanation, was intent only upon things that matter; hence the plain background, the diagrammatic still-life, the contempt for textures.”

Bibliography

The Alan M. Fortunoff Collection. On line catalogue. Liss Llewellyn Fine Art. Web. 12 December 2017.

Created 12 December 2017