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PASMORE, Victor

© Victor Pasmore/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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From 1941 the artist painted a series of portraits of his wife. This one, executed while they were living at Chiswick, is probably the finest. Its composition derives from portraits by the Dutch old master Johannes Vermeer (1632-75), but the dark, rich tonalities and immediacy of vision are characteristic of Pasmore. He once observed 'The ultimate test of a painting of a man is surely not whether it looks like him, but whether it feels like him'.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 222

Creation/Production

PASMORE, Victor
Date: 1943

Acquisition

Purchase - ass. of Knapping Fund, 1/1955
Purchased with support from The Knapping Fund

Measurements

Height (cm): 61.1
Width (cm): 45.9
Height (in): 24
Width (in): 18

Techniques

canvas

Material

oil

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Art And Design Movements
  • Euston Road School
  • Fine Art
  • Painting
  • Pasmore, Victor
  • People
  • Post 1900

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