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WILD CAT (plate, folio 38) from THE SCOTTISH BESTIARY

John BellanyWW-1986-M010910

1986·Etching and aquatint, printed in black·plate 17 13/16 x 11 15/16" (45.2 x 30.3 cm)

Catalogue

Year: 1986
Medium: Etching and aquatint, printed in black
Dimensions: plate 17 13/16 x 11 15/16" (45.2 x 30.3 cm)
Collection: Museum of Modern Art
Artist: John Bellany

Artist

John Bellany

Painting

John Bellany was a British painter whose monumental figurative works addressed trauma, mortality, and collective memory in the postwar era. Working primarily in oil on canvas, he developed a gestural, expressionistic approach marked by distorted human forms and densely layered surfaces that evoked both classical tradition and raw emotional urgency. His large-scale paintings often incorporated mythological and biblical references alongside contemporary social commentary. Bellany's work engaged with the psychological and physical legacies of conflict and displacement in mid-to-late twentieth-century Europe.

Port Seton, UK

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