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Sunken Cathedral

Ceri RichardsWW-1959-529574
1959·oil, sand, and mixed media on canvas·Unframed: 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in.)

Gift of Lockwood Thompson in memory of his mother, Mrs. Jeanne Lockwood Thompson

Catalogue

Year
1959
Dimensions
Unframed: 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in.)

Artist

Ceri Richards
Ceri Richards

Painting

Ceri Richards was a British painter and printmaker whose abstractions emerged from close observation of landscape, particularly the Welsh coastline and interior architecture. Working across oil, watercolor, and etching, he developed a vocabulary of interlocking geometric forms and luminous color fields that distilled natural phenomena into essentialized compositions. Richards moved fluidly between figuration and abstraction throughout his career, his work gaining particular prominence in postwar Britain. His prints and paintings are characterized by a deliberate tension between linear structure and atmospheric depth.

Dunvant, UK

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Year
1959
Dimensions
Unframed: 61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1959-529574

Source

Source
cleveland
Status
verified

Artist

Ceri Richards

Ceri Richards

Painting

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