Alton Castle

Alan Rankle (born 1952)

Southampton City Art Gallery

2008

Alan Rankle was born in Oldham and has a studio near Southampton. His works respond to 18th and early 19th century topographical paintings and ideas of the 'sublime'. This painting is part of a gift of six paintings to various museums around the country through the Art Fund. In these works, elements of traditional Chinese painting have been combined with more modern concepts, such as Abstract Expressionism. Although Rankle presents his work in different formats, he typically paints within a traditional picturesque framework and some of his works employ the same compositional structures as Claude Lorraine.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 60 x 75cm
• ArtFunded in: 2009
• Presented by Tramman Trust through The Art Fund

Provenance

Tramman Trust.

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