The Beanfield, Letchworth
by Eric Glaser
Title
The Beanfield, Letchworth
Artist
Eric Glaser
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
"The Beanfield, Letchworth"
Artist: Spencer Frederick Gore (British, 1878-1914)
Title: The Beanfield, Letchworth
Date: 1912
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: Height: 40.6 cm (15.9 in); Width: 30.5 cm (12 in)
Collection: Tate Britain, London UK
Acquisition: Purchased 1974
From August to November 1912 Gore stayed in Harold Gilman's house in Letchworth while Gilman was away in Scandinavia. Letchworth was a New Town, and so at the forefront of contemporary ideas about town planning and modern living. Gore produced some of his most stylistically original work while living there. In his landscapes he used a bright, unrealistic palette and arranged shapes into geometric patterns. 'The Beanfield' is notable for the zig-zag border of the coloured bean plants in the foreground. Gilman wrote that Gore told him that 'the colour found in natural objects (in the field of beans) is collected into patterns'.
Text Credit: Tate
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Additional image editing by Eric Glaser
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April 11th, 2021
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