Oil paint on canvas
Tate Collection
Works with images
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Art Fund
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sir-walter-russell-1884" aria-label="More by Sir Walter Russell" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Sir Walter Russell</a>
Mr Minney
Presented by Charles H. Moore through the Art Fund 1920
actions: postures and motions
adults
arts and entertainment
clothing and personal items
hat
individuals: male
man, old
Minney
model
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
sitting
umbrella
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
Mr Minney
support: 1276 × 1022 mm
Presented by Charles H. Moore through the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1920
<p><b>N03569</b> MR MINNEY 1920</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘W. Russell’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 50 1/4×40 1/4 (127·5×102).
<br/>Presented by Charles H. Moore through the National Art-Collections Fund 1920.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Purchased by Charles H. Moore from the artist.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1920 (136).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Malcolm C. Salaman, ‘The Art of W. Russell’ in <i>Studio</i>, LXXXIII, 1922, p.86, repr. p.88.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Tate Gallery Illustrations</i>, 1928, pl.106; James Laver, <i>Portraits in Oil and Vinegar</i>, 1925, facing p.133.</p>
<p>Acclaimed as ‘the picture of the year’ in 1920, 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/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> brought the artist into great prominence and led to much speculation concerning the sitter, who was an artist's model and was said to have been formerly on the stage. The donor was an old friend and patron of the artist, to whom he had sat for his portrait in 1902.</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, II
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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults arts and entertainment clothing and personal items hat individuals: male man, old Minney model named individuals objects people portraits sitting umbrella work and occupations