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The Artist's Wife, Froanna

Wyndham Lewis, 1940

Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham

This mesmerising, highly finished and vividly coloured portrait drawing is by the leading master of early British modernism, Percy Wyndham Lewis. Its angular and facetted construction stems from his allegiance to Cubism and Vorticism (of which he was a founder) and its spare linearity the influence of Matisse, Léger and Modigliani. The sitter is notable for the intensity of her gaze, flamboyant turban and sinuously clasped hands.

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Title of artwork, date

The Artist's Wife, Froanna, 1940

Date supported

2006

Medium and material

Pencil & coloured chalks on blue paper

Dimensions

48.3 x 31 cm

Grant

5200

Total cost

25200

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