Oil paint on wood
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Métairie des Abeilles
Bequeathed by Dr John MacGregor 1942
agricultural
architecture
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
farm
farmland
France
hill
landscape
Les Abeilles
places
sunshine
weather
wooded
painting oil paint wood
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
Métairie des Abeilles
support: 330 × 406 mm
Bequeathed by Dr John MacGregor 1942
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<p>An artists’ community thrived in and around the fishing village of Collioure on the Mediterranean in the south of France. Bornin Australia, Lees was based in Britain and part of the circle of impressionist and post-impressionist artists that spent winters in the South of France before the First World War prevented travel to the area. His innovative vivid style was inspired by Henri Matisse and Vincent van Gogh, who also painted in southern France.</p>
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2023-11-29T00:00:00
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ONLINE_CAPTION
<p><b>N05355</b> MéTAIRIE DES ABEILLES 1912
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Derwent Lees 12’ b.l.
<br/>Oil on panel, 13×16 (33×40·5).
<br/>Bequeathed by Dr John MacGregor 1942.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
Dudley Wallace, sold Christie's, 9 June 1933 (113, with another), bought by MacGregor.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Chenil Galleries, January 1914 (57).</p>
<p>The title probably refers to a small-holding near the village of Les Abeilles inland from Banyuls and a few miles south of Collioure, the subject of a number of <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> by the artist, e.g. <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lees-landscape-at-collioure-n04241" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N04241</span></a>. The district is noted for its bees.</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
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-07T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
agricultural architecture cities, towns, villages (non-UK) countries and continents farm farmland France hill landscape Les Abeilles places sunshine weather wooded