Hedgerow with Grasses and Flowers
About this artwork
Eardley painted the fields behind her cottage at No.1 South Row, Catterline on many occasions. Especially the edge of the field to the south of the house where the hedgerow flowers grew. Writing to a friend about this area, Eardley said: ‘It’s a lovely spot as no one comes near and I can always work away undisturbed. I just go on from one painting to another… every day and every week it looks a bit different – flowers come and go and the colour grows – so it seems silly to shift about. I just leave my painting table out there, and my easel and palette.’
Updated before 2020
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title:Hedgerow with Grasses and Flowers
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date created:About 1962 - 1963
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materials:Gouache and oil on paper
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measurements:37.50 x 33.00 cm (framed: 57.60 x 50.80 x 1.60 cm)
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credit line:The Henry and Sula Walton collection: bequeathed 2012
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accession number:GMA 5242
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Joan Eardley
Joan Eardley
Born in West Sussex, Eardley moved to Glasgow at the outbreak of war. She studied at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield House under James Cowie. Cowie helped to shape her preference for everyday subjects. In 1949 Eardley rented a studio in the centre of Glasgow, and a few years later moved...