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PIPER, John (1903 - 1992)

Piper experimented with abstract compositions of form and colour between 1934 and 1938. This painting was illustrated in 1936 in the magazine on abstract art, 'Axis', then edited by his wife Myfanwy. The same year Piper expressed the hope that abstract painting would become 'lucid and popular, not in the least highbrow'. After abandoning abstraction in favour of neo-romantic landscape painting, he regarded these early compositions as 'exercises'.

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Image: © The Piper Estate/DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 2094

Creation/Production

PIPER, John

Acquisition

Purchase, 8/9/1977

Measurements

Height (cm): 40.7
Width (cm): 30.2
Height (in): 15
Width (in): 11

Techniques

oil on canvas on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

oil
canvas
board

Location

In store

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