Art Funded
Man by Tree
© Caroline de M Walker
Roy de Maistre (1894 - 1968)
Leeds Art Gallery
1960
De Maistre was a close friend and mentor of Francis Bacon. This work will complement 'Painting 1950' by Bacon in the Leeds collection which was painted around the time when De Maistre exercised a certain but perhaps unquantifiable influence on Bacon's development as a painter. 'Man by Tree' forms part of a large bequest from Mrs Ann Forsdyke. Mrs Forsdyke worked at the Whitechapel Art Gallery in the 1950s as assistant to the Director Bryan Robertson. She forged relationships with a number of artists during this time who later came to be represented in her collection.
- Medium: oil on board
- Dimensions: 90 x 70cm
- ArtFunded in: 2010
- Bequeathed by Ann Forsdyke through The Art Fund
Provenance
Ann Forsdyke.
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