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Apples on a wicker chair
SMITH, Matthew (1879-1959)
Smith was born in Halifax and trained at Manchester School of Art and the Slade School. He spent the years 1910-12 in Paris where he attended Matisse's school and in 1914 took a studio in Fitzroy Street near Tottenham Court Road. Smith became one of the most distinguished British colourists of his day and this powerful still life reveals his debt to Matisse and the Fauves. Margaret Davies purchased this work in 1961.
Work was part of the AFA tour (2009-2010): From Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 2049
Creation/Production
SMITH, Matthew
Date: 1915
Acquisition
Bequest, 12/12/1963
Measurements
Height
(cm): 42
Width
(cm): 50.8
Height
(in): 16
Width
(in): 20
h(cm) frame:64.4
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:72.8
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:9.4
d(cm)
Techniques
canvas
Material
oil
Location
In store
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