Landscape
Robert Medley RA (London 1905-1994)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1930 - 1994
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
160 x 260 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769761
Caption
Medley was a painter, illustrator and designer who explored social and humanist themes; this is an example of his later abstract work. He was part of several progressive groups from the 1930s onwards, including the Group Theatre Project who mounted experimental political work, and the anti-fascist Artists International Association. He joined the London Group in 1937. During Word War II he served as a camouflage officer, blurring lines and disguising forms as he has done in this muted landscape.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape by Robert Medley RA (London 1905-1994).
Full description
Oil painting on canvas, Landscape by Robert Medley RA (London 1905-1994) Medley was a painter, illustrator and designer who explored social and humanist themes; this is an example of his later abstract work. He was part of several progressive groups from the 1930s onwards, including the Group Theatre Project who mounted experimental political work, and the anti-fascist Artists International Association. He joined the London Group in 1937. During Word War II he served as a camouflage officer, blurring lines and disguising forms as he has done in this muted landscape.
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
Robert Medley RA (London 1905-1994), publisher