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Orchard
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1937
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
architecture
clothing
clothing and personal items
female
garden structures
natural phenomena
nudes
objects
orchard
people
reclining
shadow
sleeping
sunshine
weather
woman
<p>This was painted from life in the artist's garden at North Corner, Newlyn, Cornwall. The model is probably Eileen Mayo, a London-based professional model whom Dod Procter invited down to Cornwall and made the subject of several other paintings. All the other paintings of Mayo show her in an interior, this is the only canvas which depicts her nude in the open air. Procter produced numerous paintings of nude women and young girls during the decade 1925 to 1935 which were highly acclaimed for their objectivity and simplicity. What was, and still is, unusual is that these female nudes were painted by a female artist.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
18 February 2006 – 25 June 2006
2006-06-25
18 February 2006 – 9 April 2006
2006-04-09
2006-02-18
Djanogly Art Gallery (Nottingham, UK)
29 April 2006 – 25 June 2006
2006-06-25
2006-04-29
Lowry Museum (Salford, UK)
2006-02-18
A Day in the Sun: Outdoor pursuits in Painting of the 1930s
Loan-out
23 June 2007 – 15 September 2007
2007-09-15
15 September 2007 – 24 November 2007
2007-11-24
2007-09-15
Penlee House Gallery & Museum (Penzance, UK)
8 December 2007 – 17 February 2008
2008-02-17
2007-12-08
Djanogly Art Gallery (Nottingham, UK)
2007-06-23
Dod Procter (1892 - 1972)
Loan-out
28 June 2011 – 9 July 2011
2011-07-09
28 June 2011 – 9 July 2011
2011-07-09
2011-06-28
Mall Galleries (London, UK)
2011-06-28
Retrospective of Founders
Loan-out
23 June 2018 – 7 October 2018
2018-10-07
23 June 2018 – 7 October 2018
2018-10-07
2018-06-23
Laing Art Gallery (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/
2018-06-23
The Enchanted Garden
Loan-out
The Orchard
support: 1016 × 1270 mm
frame: 1190 × 1452 × 77 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1937
<p>This was painted from life in the artist's garden at North Corner, Newlyn, Cornwall. The model is probably Eileen Mayo, a London-based professional model whom Dod Procter invited down to Cornwall and made the subject of several other <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>paintings</span></a>. All the other paintings of Mayo show her in an interior, this is the only <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a> which depicts her nude in the open air. Procter produced numerous paintings of nude women and young girls during the decade 1925 to 1935 which were highly acclaimed for their objectivity and simplicity. What was, and still is, unusual is that these female nudes were painted by a female artist.</p>
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2004-08-31T00:00:00
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<p><b>N05325</b> THE ORCHARD 1934</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Dod Procter. 34’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 40×50 (101·5×127).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1937.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
R.A., 1934 (708); <i>The Nude in British and French Art</i>, Leger Galleries, February–March 1936 (75 or 78, untitled).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Illustrated</i>, 1934, p.86; <i>Apollo</i>, XXIII, 1936, p.116.</p>
<p>This picture, representing a recumbent nude, was painted in the artist's garden at Newlyn. In a letter of 12 October 1958 Mrs Procter wrote: ‘The idea behind (very much behind!) the Orchard seems to have been Renoir, but that is not the point. I feel, or rather hope, that the pictures themselves will explain.’</p>
<p><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
2004-07-21T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults architecture clothing clothing and personal items female garden structures natural phenomena nudes objects orchard people reclining shadow sleeping sunshine weather woman