Tempera on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/thomas-lowinsky-1531" aria-label="More by Thomas Lowinsky" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Thomas Lowinsky</a>
Mrs James Mackie
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1939
actions: postures and motions
adults
chair
furnishings
individuals: female
Mackie, James, Mrs
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
sitting
woman
<p>Thomas Lowinsky studied at the Slade School of Art and had his first solo show at the Leicester Galleries in 1926. He did not paint commissioned portraits; instead Lowinsky worked from his friends or professional models. He liked to depict elegant women in sympathetic surroundings and usually chose a range of muted low-key colours for them and their setting. Lowinsky's paintings were executed with care, without any changes of mind or overtly expressive areas of brushwork. He was a meticulous worker, which resulted in very penetrating portraits, such as this work. We know nothing about the sitter nor where she sat, and can only admire her quiet elegance.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting tempera canvas
Mrs James Mackie
support: 571 × 445 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1939
<p>Thomas Lowinsky studied at the Slade School of Art  and had his first solo show at the Leicester  Galleries in 1926. He did not paint commissioned  <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>; instead Lowinsky worked from his  friends or professional models. He liked to depict  elegant women in sympathetic surroundings and  usually chose a range of muted low-key colours for  them and their setting. Lowinsky's <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> were  executed with care, without any changes of mind or  overtly expressive areas of brushwork. He was a  meticulous worker, which resulted in very  penetrating portraits, such as this work. We know  nothing about the sitter nor where she sat, and  can only admire her quiet elegance.</p>
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2004-09-03T00:00:00
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<p><b>N05329</b> MRS JAMES MACKIE 1935
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<br/>Inscr. ‘TEL [in monogram] 1935’ b.r. and ‘T. Lowinsky’ b.l., on chair.
<br/>Tempera on canvas, 22 1/2×17 1/2 (57×44·5).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1939.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1940 (56).</p>
<p>Included in the catalogue of the Memorial exhibition, Wildenstein, January–February 1949 (26), but in fact shown with the Chantrey Collection at the R.A., January–March 1949 (238).</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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actions: postures and motions adults chair furnishings individuals: female Mackie, James, Mrs named individuals objects people portraits sitting woman