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Beechwood by moonlight

EVANS, Merlyn Oliver

© Merlyn Oliver Evans/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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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'.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

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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  • Abstract
  • Animals And Plants
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Evans, Merlyn Oliver
  • Fine Art
  • Landscape Features
  • Painting
  • Post 1900
  • Surrealism
  • Tree
  • Welsh Connection

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