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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-george-clausen-96" aria-label="More by Sir George Clausen" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir George Clausen</a>
Brown Eyes
Presented by C.N. Luxmoore 1929
actions: postures and motions
children
field
girl
landscape
people
sitting
<p>Clausen studied in France and painted open-air ‘rural naturalist’ subjects in an impressionist style. In 1886 he helped to found the New English Art Club as an alternative exhibition venue to the Royal Academy. This is a portrait of a local girl from the village of Cookham in Berkshire, where the artist was living. The delicate play of light across the model’s features, together with the flicked brushwork in the background, suggest both the freshness and transience of youth.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
8 August 2001 – 21 April 2003
2003-04-21
8 August 2001 – 21 April 2003
2003-04-21
2001-08-08
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-08-08
French Influence on British Art
Collection based display
19 April 2004 – 11 June 2006
2006-06-11
19 April 2004 – 11 June 2006
2006-06-11
2004-04-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-04-19
Cult of Youth
Collection based display
1 May 2017 – 4 February 2018
2018-02-04
1 May 2017 – 28 January 2018
2018-01-28
2017-05-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2017-05-01
William Stott of Oldham
Collection based display
14 September 2018 – 12 January 2019
2019-01-12
14 September 2018 – 12 January 2019
2019-01-12
2018-09-14
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2018-09-14
Stott Tour
Loan-out
31 October 2022
4 October 2021
2021-10-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-10-31
Gallery 8
Collection based display
Brown Eyes
support: 559 × 413 mm
frame: 850 × 700 × 120 mm
Presented by C.N. Luxmoore 1929
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<p>George Clausen painted open-air ‘rural naturalist’ subjects in an impressionist style developed when he studied in France. This is a portrait of a local girl from the village of Cookham in Berkshire, where Clausen lived at the time. Her name is not recorded in the title. The delicate light and flicked brushstrokes help suggest both the freshness and short-lived nature of youth. In 1886 Clausen co-founded the New English Art Club as an alternative exhibition venue to the Royal Academy.</p>
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Online caption
2023-11-29T00:00:00
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<p><b>N04484</b> BROWN EYES 1891
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<br/>Inscr. ‘G. Clausen 1891’ c.l.
<br/>Canvas, 22×16 1/4 (56×41).
<br/>Presented by C. N. Luxmoore 1929.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased from the artist by C. N. Luxmoore, formerly of Cookham Dean, Berkshire.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1892 (137); Barbizon House, May–June 1928 (2).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> National Gallery, Millbank [Tate Gallery], <i>Review of the Acquisitions, 1927–29</i>, 1930, p.32.</p>
<p>The model was a village child at Cookham Dean.</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, I</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions children field girl landscape people sitting