Adrian Wiszniewski

Kingfisher

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About this artwork

The artist painted this cheerful picture two days after his son, Max, was born. The idyllic scene of father and son fishing reflects the artist's relief at the arrival of a healthy child. The kingfisher, with a fish in its beak, acts the part of a stork delivering a baby. The fish also has a child, which it spits out. Wiszniewski drew the composition directly on the canvas with a felt-tip pen before applying bright acrylic colour very sparingly.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
  • title:
    Kingfisher
  • date created:
    1987
  • materials:
    Acrylic and felt-tip pen on canvas
  • measurements:
    213.50 x 213.50 cm; Framed: 213.50 x 213.50 x 3.80 cm
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Purchased 1987
  • accession number:
    GMA 3042
  • gallery:
  • depicted:
  • subject:
  • artwork photographed by:
    Antonia Reeve
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Adrian Wiszniewski

Adrian Wiszniewski