Oil paint on canvas
Modernity and metropolis
Social class and social type
Artworks
Robert Bevan
First exhibition, June 1911
Camden Town Group
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
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Cab Horse
Presented by the Trustees of the Duveen Paintings Fund 1949
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
blanket
carriage
dog - non-specific
England
equestrian and sporting
furnishings
gate
groom
horse
man
objects
Ormonde Terrace
people
places
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: land
UK countries and regions
UK London
wall
work and occupations
yard
<p>This picture shows a horse having a blanket put over its back, between the shafts of a horse-drawn carriage, known as a hansom cab. Bevan uses an ‘anti-realist’ palette – the horse is violet-blue – which was much remarked upon by critics. The use of vivid colour to suggest mood, atmosphere or emotion was characteristic of the post-impressionist painting of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) and many of the Camden Town painters. It was one of Bevan’s four contributions to the first Camden Town Exhibition.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2020</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
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
1 January 2009 – 31 March 2009
2009-03-31
2009-01-01
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal, UK)
http://www.abbothall.org.uk
2008-09-26
Robert Bevan and the Cumberland Market Group
Loan-out
14 December 2012 – 26 September 2022
2022-09-26
10 December 2012 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
2012-12-10
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-12-14
Gallery 4
Collection based display
The Cab Horse
support: 635 × 762 mm
frame: 778 × 906 × 85 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the Duveen Paintings Fund 1949
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<p>This picture shows a horse having a blanket put over its back, between the shafts of a horse-drawn carriage, known as a hansom cab. Bevan uses an ‘anti-realist’ palette – the horse is violet-blue – which was much remarked upon by critics. The use of vivid colour to suggest mood, atmosphere or emotion was characteristic of the post-impressionist painting of Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) and many of the Camden Town painters. It was one of Bevan’s four contributions to the first Camden Town Exhibition.</p>
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