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A French Fisherboy
JOHN, Augustus (1878 - 1961)
© Courtesy of the Artist's Estate/Bridgeman Art Library
Date: 1907 c.
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 217.1 x 91.1 cm
Acquired: 1977; Purchase
Accession Number: NMW A 164
A French Fisherboy was painted while John was travelling along the north coast of France, near Condette. In subject and style the painting betrays the influence of Pablo Picasso. John visited Picasso’s studio in Paris in 1907. In Picasso’s ‘Blue Period’ (1901-1904) he often painted figures on the margins of society in sombre blue tones.
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