Nude with a Scarf. a painted study on a background decorated with anthemion designs by Albert Joseph Moore, ARWS 1841-1893

Nude with a Scarf. a painted study on a background decorated with anthemion designs

Albert Joseph Moore, ARWS 1841-1893

Oil on canvas, signed with the artist's anthemion symbol

dimensions: 2 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches, 32.5 x 14.5 cm.

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Commentary by Hilary Morgan

This study, which probably dates from the 1880s, does not appear to relate to any of Moore's finished paintings. Colour relationships were the most important features of hls paintings and he produced studies to explore colour as well as studies to determine compositional arrangements. The present work represents a preliminary exploration of colour in which Moore has used a fragment of a previously painted canvas as the basis for his chosen harmonies. A similarly boldly painted study for the elaborate 'Reading Aloud' (1884) exists at the Hunterian Museum of the University of Glasgow, although this is on glass rather than canvas.

References

Morgan, Hilary and Nahum, Peter. Burne-Jones, The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Century. London: Peter Nahum, 1989. Catalogue number 124.

Last modified 23 April 2007