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"Calypso"

AYRES, Gillian

© Estate of Gillian Ayres/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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How does Calypso make you feel? Ayres’s painting style appeals to our senses and emotions, a riot of vivid colour and expressive, tactile paint. It was painted during the artist’s time living on the Lleyn Peninsula in north Wales. This incredible landscape inspired her painting to even greater joyfulness and energy.


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Details

Collection

Derek Williams Trust / Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A(L) 1502

Creation/Production

AYRES, Gillian
Date: 1985

Measurements

Height (cm): 153
Width (cm): 153

Techniques

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

Material

oil

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Art And Design Movements
  • Ayres, Gillian
  • Colour
  • Derek Williams Trust Collection
  • Fine Art
  • Fine Art Loan
  • Identity
  • Key Design Elements
  • Non-Representational
  • Woman Artist

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