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Derek Jarman BIOGRAPHY
1942 - 1994. Known for: Painting.
Derek Jarman's Poles Apart, comes at the end of a period of a little over a decade's worth of geometrical, abstracted, stripped-down landscapes. They varied in size from about 19 by 51.5 cm. to 178... Read full biography
Derek Jarman's Poles Apart, comes at the end of a period of a little over a decade's worth of geometrical, abstracted, stripped-down landscapes. They varied in size from about 19 by 51.5 cm. to 178 by 183 cm. Whilst many were in oil or acrylic on canvas other smaller ones, produced in 1976/7, were... Read full biography
Derek Jarman's Poles Apart, comes at the end of a period of a little over a decade's worth of geometrical, abstracted, stripped-down landscapes. They varied in size from about 19 by 51.5 cm. to 178 by 183 cm. Whilst many were in oil or acrylic on canvas other smaller ones, produced in 1976/7, were engraved on slate. Stemming from an early interest in works by Paul Nash, Giorgio de Chirico and Rene Magritte, Jarman produced landscapes throughout his life. In the 1960s and 1970s these landscapes... Read full biography
Derek Jarman's Poles Apart, comes at the end of a period of a little over a decade's worth of geometrical, abstracted, stripped-down landscapes. They varied in size from about 19 by 51.5 cm. to 178 by 183 cm. Whilst many were in oil or acrylic on canvas other smaller ones, produced in 1976/7, were engraved on slate. Stemming from an early interest in works by Paul Nash, Giorgio de Chirico and Rene Magritte, Jarman produced landscapes throughout his life. In the 1960s and 1970s these landscapes (Sand base; In the shadow of the sun, Burning the pyramids, Inspiration of the megaliths and Avebury series No 4 in the Museum and Art Gallery Collection at Northampton) were also influenced by an interest in archaeology, Avebury and other historic... Read full biography
Derek Jarman's Poles Apart, comes at the end of a period of a little over a decade's worth of geometrical, abstracted, stripped-down landscapes. They varied in size from about 19 by 51.5 cm. to 178 by 183 cm. Whilst many were in oil or acrylic on canvas other smaller ones, produced in 1976/7, were engraved on slate. Stemming from an early interest in works by Paul Nash, Giorgio de Chirico and Rene Magritte, Jarman produced landscapes throughout his life. In the 1960s and 1970s these landscapes (Sand base; In the shadow of the sun, Burning the pyramids, Inspiration of the megaliths and Avebury series No 4 in the Museum and Art Gallery Collection at Northampton) were also influenced by an interest in archaeology, Avebury and other historic sites, and classical and Egyptian influences. Poles Apart is one of the last large s... Read full biography
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Derek Jarman's Poles Apart, comes at the end of a period of a little over a decade's worth of geometrical, abstracted, stripped-down landscapes. They varied in size from about 19 by 51.5 cm. to 178 by 183 cm. Whilst many were in oil or acrylic on canvas other smaller ones, produced in 1976/7, were engraved on slate.
Stemming from an early interest in works by Paul Nash, Giorgio de Chirico and Rene Magritte, Jarman produced landscapes throughout his life. In the 1960s and 1970s these landscapes (Sand base; In the shadow of the sun, Burning the pyramids, Inspiration of the megaliths and Avebury series No 4 in the Museum and Art Gallery Collection at Northampton) were also influenced by an i...But wait, there's more...
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