Oil paint on canvas
Gender and sexuality
Social class and social type
Artworks
Harold Gilman
First exhibition, June 1911
Camden Town Group
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/harold-gilman-1172" aria-label="More by Harold Gilman" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Harold Gilman</a>
Lady on a Sofa
Purchased 1948
actions: postures and motions
adults
book - non-specific
couch
domestic
furnishings
Gilman, Irene Beatrice
interior - non-specific
interiors
leisure and pastimes
living room
named individuals
objects
people
reading
reading, writing, printed matter
reclining
recreational activities
woman
<p>It is not clear whether this painting shows a sleeping figure or someone caught in a moment of introspection. Many artists during this period made paintings of single figures engaged in solitary, private, activities such as reading.</p><p>Gilman first met Walter Sickert in 1907. Both were founding members, in 1911, of the Camden Town Group, which also included Charles Ginner, Spencer Gore and William Ratcliffe. The vigorously dabbed brushwork, which creates a rich surface texture, and the warm and highly charged colours, are typical of the work of this group of artists.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
25 April 2002 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
25 April 2002 – 30 June 2002
2002-06-30
2002-04-25
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton, UK)
http://www.southampton.gov.uk/leisure/arts
2002-04-25
A Clean and Soild Mosaic: Harold Gilman and William Ratcliffe
Loan-out
14 April 2003 – 4 May 2004
2004-05-04
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-04-14
Private Lives
Collection based display
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
17 November 2018 – 9 June 2019
2019-06-09
17 November 2018 – 10 February 2019
2019-02-10
2018-11-17
Djanogly Art Gallery (Nottingham, UK)
2 March 2019 – 9 June 2019
2019-06-09
2019-03-02
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2018-11-17
Harold Gilman: Beyond Camden Town
Loan-out
Lady on a Sofa
support: 305 × 406 mm
frame: 475 × 578 × 100 mm
Purchased 1948
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<span class="text13">It is not clear whether this <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>painting</span></a> shows a sleeping      figure or someone caught in a</span><span class="text0"> </span><span class="text14">moment of introspection. Many artists during this period made      paintings of single figures engaged in solitary, private, activities such      as reading.</span><span class="text0">
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<span class="text0">Gilman first met Walter Sickert in 1907. Both were      founding members, in 1911, </span><span class="text13">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/c/camden-town-group" title="Glossary definition for 'Camden Town Group'"><span>Camden Town      Group</span></a>, which also included Charles Ginner, Spencer Gore </span><span class="text0">and William Ratcliffe. The vigorously </span><span class="text13">dabbed      brushwork, which creates a rich surface <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/i/impasto" title="Glossary definition for 'Impasto'"><span>texture</span></a>, and the warm and highly</span><span class="text0"> charged colours, are typical of the work of this group      of artists. </span>
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