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Hayrick
Purchased 1943
agricultural
agriculture, gardening & fishing
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England
England, South East
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<p>In his youth Duncan Grant had been a leading avant-garde painter and designer, a key member of the Bloomsbury group and co-founder of the Omega workshops. He produced an enormous body of work in a variety of styles and subjects. This was painted in the rick-yard at Charleston, home of Grant and Vanessa Bell in Sussex. The hayrick is depicted as a tall, elegant but fragile structure, which harmonises with its natural environment. In the 1930s a number of societies were founded to oppose the destruction of the English countryside. During the war rural England became central to national identity, and threatened by aerial bombardment it became even more precious.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
The Hayrick
support: 610 × 660 mm
Purchased 1943
<p>In his youth Duncan Grant had been a leading <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/avant-garde" title="Glossary definition for 'Avant-garde'"><span>avant-garde</span></a> painter and designer, a key member of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/b/bloomsbury" title="Glossary definition for 'Bloomsbury '"><span>Bloomsbury group</span></a> and co-founder of the Omega workshops. He produced an enormous body of work in a variety of styles and subjects. This was painted in the rick-yard at Charleston, home of Grant and Vanessa Bell in Sussex. The hayrick is depicted as a tall, elegant but fragile structure, which harmonises with its natural environment. In the 1930s a number of societies were founded to oppose the destruction of the English countryside. During the war rural England became central to national identity, and threatened by aerial bombardment it became even more precious.</p>
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2004-09-02T00:00:00
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<p><b>N05428</b> THE HAYRICK 1940
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<br/>Inscr. ‘D Grant 40.’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 24×26 (61×66).
<br/>Purchased from the Lefevre Gallery (Knapping Fund) 1943.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Robert Colquhoun and Notable British Artists</i>, Lefevre Gallery, June 1943 (9).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Mortimer, 1944, pl.29 (in colour).</p>
<p>Painted in the rick-yard at Charleston (letter from the artist, 9 October 1962).!</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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2004-07-21T00:00:00
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agricultural agriculture, gardening & fishing architecture England England, South East England, Southern farm farmland Firle Firle, Charleston haystack landscape objects places Sussex, East Sussex - non-specific tree UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions