Linear Development: The Coast of the Inland Sea II
Victor Pasmore (Chelmsham 1908 - Malta 1998)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1950
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
510 x 610 mm
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Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769754
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Linear Development: The Coast of the Inland Sea II, by Victor Pasmore. Part of the Derek Hill Collection.
Full description
Oil painting on canvas, Linear Development: The Coast of the Inland Sea II, by Victor Pasmore. Part of the Derek Hill Collection. Victor Pasmore became one of Britain’s most important abstract artists. He joined the London Group in 1934, and his highly individual approach was praised by fellow members. When he made this work, he was exploring his growing belief that art should emanate from nature, not imitate it. He said that he didn’t abstract forms from nature, but based his paintings on formal elements which were already in the landscape. This painting was a continuation of work he began in a canvas that is now in the Tate Gallery, Spiral Motif in Green, Violet, Blue and Gold: the Coast of the Inland Sea. In both, he took patterns made by ploughed furrows observed in an aerial view of fields and combined them with contrasting colours. His brushwork is textured so that it creates stripes that emphasise the central recurring pattern of the work.
Provenance
Presented by Derek Hill (1916 - 2000) through The National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund), 1996
Credit line
Mottisfont Abbey,The Derek Hill Collection (presented to the National Trust through the National Art-Collections Fund in 1996)
Makers and roles
Victor Pasmore (Chelmsham 1908 - Malta 1998), artist