Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/william-strang-534" aria-label="More by William Strang" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">William Strang</a>
Bank Holiday
Presented by F. Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1922
adults
animals: mammals
bouquet
clothing and personal items
couple
dog - non-specific
eating
eating and drinking
furnishings
hat
interiors
leisure and pastimes
man
menu
objects
people
places of entertainment
plants and flowers
reading, writing, printed matter
restaurant
sex and relationships
society
suit
table
trading and commercial
waiter / waitress
woman
work and occupations
<p>From about 1910 Strang painted a series of large group portraits. These were of his friends, family and models, posed in imaginary modern settings. They illustrated social relations between the sexes, and the figures were dressed in extremes of fashion. Strang invites the viewer to speculate as to what exactly is going on in this scene.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 February 2001 – 2 June 2003
2003-06-02
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2001-02-01
Modern British Art II
Collection based display
12 March 2004 – 30 September 2004
2004-09-30
12 March 2004 – 14 June 2004
2004-06-14
2004-03-12
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra, Australia)
9 July 2004 – 12 September 2004
2004-09-12
2004-07-09
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia)
http://www.artgallery.sa.gov.au
2004-03-12
The Edwardians
Loan-out
6 October 2012 – 6 January 2013
2013-01-06
6 October 2012 – 6 January 2013
2013-01-06
2012-10-06
Bowes Museum (Barnard Castle, UK)
http://www.bowesmuseum.org.uk
2012-10-06
Feast Your Eyes: Fashion Food in Art
Loan-out
Bank Holiday
support: 1527 × 1226 mm
frame: 1797 × 1497 × 90 mm
Presented by F. Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1922
<p>From about 1910 Strang painted a series of large group <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a>. These were of his friends, family and models, posed in imaginary modern settings. They illustrated social relations between the sexes, and the figures were dressed in extremes of  fashion. Strang invites the viewer to speculate as to what exactly is going on in this scene. </p>
Display caption
2004-08-18T00:00:00
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DISPLAY_CAPTION
<p><b>N03036</b> BANK HOLIDAY 1912</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘W.S. 1912’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 60 1/8×48 1/4 (153×122·5).
<br/>Presented by Francis Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1915.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1912 (712).
<br/><i>Repr:</i>
<i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1912, p.73; <i>Studio</i>, LXXXII, 1921, p.191.
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<br/>[no further details]
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-16T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults animals: mammals bouquet clothing and personal items couple dog - non-specific eating eating and drinking furnishings hat interiors leisure and pastimes man menu objects people places of entertainment plants and flowers reading, writing, printed matter restaurant sex and relationships society suit table trading and commercial waiter / waitress woman work and occupations