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Harold Gilman
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Tate Collection
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Canal Bridge Flekkefjord
Purchased 1922
adults
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
canal
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
Flekkefjord
house
industrial
Norway
people
places
residential
townscape
townscapes / man-made features
woman
<p>Flekkefjord is in Norway. It is not known why Gilman twice visited Scandinavia, in 1912 and 1913. It is possible that he went with the painter William Ratcliffe, who had family there. The visits were effectively working expeditions, and Gilman made many studies of towns and scenery. This bridge is painted accurately, but it is likely that Gilman chose the subject thinking of van Gogh's painting of a similar bridge in Provence. Gilman at first rejected Van Gogh's style, but later he came to admire him deeply. His friend Wyndham Lewis recalled that he had a number of Van Gogh postcards on his walls, and when he painted a picture that particularly pleased him, he would hang it next to them.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
25 April 2002 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
25 April 2002 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
2002-04-25
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2002-04-25
A Clean and Soild Mosaic: Harold Gilman and William Ratcliffe
Loan-out
13 February 2008 – 4 May 2008
2008-05-04
13 February 2008 – 4 May 2008
2008-05-04
2008-02-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2008-02-13
Camden Town Group
Exhibition
26 September 2008 – 31 March 2009
2009-03-31
26 September 2008 – 7 December 2008
2008-12-07
2008-09-26
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2008-09-26
Robert Bevan and the Cumberland Market Group
Loan-out
18 November 2011 – 8 May 2012
2012-05-08
18 November 2011 – 8 May 2012
2012-05-08
2011-11-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2011-11-18
Camden Town Drawings
Collection based display
17 November 2018 – 9 June 2019
2019-06-09
17 November 2018 – 10 February 2019
2019-02-10
2018-11-17
Djanogly Art Gallery (Nottingham, UK)
2 March 2019 – 9 June 2019
2019-06-09
2019-03-02
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2018-11-17
Harold Gilman: Beyond Camden Town
Loan-out
6 February 2025 – 28 June 2025
2025-06-28
6 February 2025 – 28 June 2025
2025-06-28
2025-02-06
Dovecot Studios (Edinburgh, UK)
2025-02-06
The Scottish Colourists and their World
Loan-out
Canal Bridge, Flekkefjord
support: 464 × 615 mm
frame: 666 × 816 × 83 mm
Purchased 1922
<p>Flekkefjord is in Norway. It is not known why Gilman twice visited Scandinavia, in 1912 and 1913. It is possible that he went with the painter William Ratcliffe, who had family there. The visits were effectively working expeditions, and Gilman made many studies of towns and scenery. This bridge is painted accurately, but it is likely that Gilman chose the subject thinking of van Gogh's <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/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> of a similar bridge in Provence. Gilman at first rejected Van Gogh's style, but later he came to admire him deeply. His friend Wyndham Lewis recalled that he had a number of Van Gogh postcards on his walls, and when he painted a picture that particularly pleased him, he would hang it next to them.</p>
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