Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
Works on loan
General Collection
Collection
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/philip-connard-935" aria-label="More by Philip Connard" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Philip Connard</a>
Jane Evelyn James and Helen
Presented by Francis Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1914
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: mammals
bowl
cat
chair
children
clothing and personal items
Connard, Helen
Connard, Jane
daughter
domestic
domestic
eating
eating and drinking
Evelyn
family
family
fine arts and music
food and drink
fruit, orange
furnishings
girl
groups
individuals: female
interiors
jug
kitchen
kitchen
knife
leisure and pastimes
named individuals
nanny
objects
people
picture
portraits
ribbon
sitting
society
table
table cloth
vessels and containers
woman
work and occupations
<p>Connard was well known in the 1920s and 30s as a painter of landscapes and portraits. His work is notable for its concentration on the fleeting effects of light, its lively impressionistic handling of paint, and his refusal to take account of contemporary modernist developments in painting. This painting can be seen as a celebration of family life.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
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
1 June 2024 – 30 November 2024
2024-11-30
1 June 2024 – 30 November 2024
2024-11-30
2024-06-01
Atkinson Art Gallery (Southport, UK)
2024-06-01
Philip Connard
Loan-out
Jane, Evelyn, James and Helen
support: 510 × 610 × 19 mm
frame: 700 × 800 × 80 mm
Presented by Francis Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1914
<div class="pbodytext">
<span class="text0">Connard was well known in the 1920s </span><span class="text13">and 30s as a painter 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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> </span><span class="text14">and      <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/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a>. His work is notable for its concentration on the fleeting      effects of light, its lively <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/impressionism" title="Glossary definition for 'Impressionism'"><span>impressionistic</span></a> handling of paint, and his      refusal to take account of contemporary <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/modernism" title="Glossary definition for 'Modernism'"><span>modernist</span></a> developments in <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>.      This painting can be seen as</span><span class="text0"> a celebration      of family life. </span>
</div>

Display caption
2004-09-10T00:00:00
display-caption
DISPLAY_CAPTION
<p><b>N02998</b> JANE, EVELYN, JAMES AND HELEN 1913
<br/> 
<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 20×24 (51×61).
<br/>Presented by Francis Howard through the National Loan Exhibitions Committee 1914.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by Francis Howard from the artist 1914.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> International Society, autumn 1914 (10).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Tate Gallery Illustrations</i>, 1928, pl.112.</p>
<p>The artist's daughters Jane and Helen, their nurse Evelyn and the cat James, painted in 1913. Another picture by Connard called ‘Helen and James’, exhibited Leicester Galleries, May–June 1917 (11), shows the same girl and cat.</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>
<p></p>
<p></p>

Catalogue entry
2004-07-16T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults animals: mammals bowl cat chair children clothing and personal items Connard, Helen Connard, Jane daughter domestic domestic eating eating and drinking Evelyn family family fine arts and music food and drink fruit, orange furnishings girl groups individuals: female interiors jug kitchen kitchen knife leisure and pastimes named individuals nanny objects people picture portraits ribbon sitting society table table cloth vessels and containers woman work and occupations