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Ligeia

HOYLAND, John

Ligeia
Image: © Estate of John Hoyland. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Hoyland trained at the Royal Academy Schools and was profoundly impressed by Abstract Expressionism during visits to the United States. Since first coming to prominence in 1961, he has always worked as an abstract painter and is one of Britain's leading colourists. In this ebullient composition, the canvas is divided diagonally, and one half denies formally the propositions expressed in the other half. The title may be a corruption of the Latin 'ligea' meaning 'wood nymph'.

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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 2507

Creation/Production

HOYLAND, John
Date: 1978

Acquisition

Purchase, 2/6/1993

Techniques

Acrylic on cotton duck
Techniques (fine art)
Art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

Acrylic
Cotton duck

Location

In store
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  • Abstract
  • Active In The 21St Century
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Fine Art
  • Hoyland, John
  • Painting
  • Post 1900
  • Welsh Connection

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