Anemones by Albert Joseph Moore, ARWS 1841-1893

Anemones

Albert Joseph Moore, ARWS 1841-1893

1872

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

dimensions: 17 1/2 x 6 inches, 44.5 x 15.3 cm.

Exhibited: McLean's Gallery, 1880 Tokyo, March-June 1983, Shigeru Aoki and the late Victorian Art, number 78

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Commentary by Hilary Morgan

This narrow upright format, approximately 18 inches (45 centimetres) high, was a favourite of Moore's, especially in the 1870s and 1880s. He used it to represent single standing female figures. This work is a good example of his idiosyncratic use of titles, which ignore the figurative nature of his paintings. Instead lie named them after flowers or accessories, which often give the key to the colour harmonies of his works.

References

Baldry, Alfred Lys. Albert Moore. His Life and Works (large paper edition). London: George Bell and Son, 1894.

Morgan, Hilary and Nahum, Peter. Burne-Jones, The Pre-Raphaelites and Their Century. London: Peter Nahum, 1989. Catalogue number 123.

Last modified 23 April 2007