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Beechwood by moonlight
EVANS, Merlyn Oliver (1910-1973)
Born in Llandaff, in 1913 Evans and his family moved to Rutherglen in Scotland. He studied at Glasgow School of Art. Painted in tempera upon panel, this work derives from drawing of 1930. He recalled it as: 'An abstraction of lyrical character...During evening walks in Rutherglen I frequently passed by a beechwood. The autumnal mood and colour of the picture (as well as the texture of the smooth silver beech trunks, and the crisp brown of the autumn leaves) originate from this beechwood by Moonlight'.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2160
Creation/Production
EVANS, Merlyn Oliver
Date: 1933
Acquisition
Purchase, 12/9/1963
Purchased with support from The Friends of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales and The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (U.K and Commonwealth branch)
Measurements
Height
(cm): 101.8
Width
(cm): 96.4
Height
(in): 40
Width
(in): 37
Techniques
oil on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
board
Location
Gallery 13
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