Oil paint on canvas
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Pheasants
Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark (later Lord Clark of Saltwood) through the Contemporary Art Society 1946
agricultural
animals: birds
architecture
bottle
curtain
domestic
drink, wine
England
England, South East
England, Southern
farm
Firle
Firle, Charleston
food and drink
furnishings
glass
interior - non-specific
interiors
kitchen
objects
pheasant
places
poultry, pheasant
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, East
table
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
vessels and containers
<p>At the mid-point of her career, Vanessa Bell’s painting celebrated her own family, her house and her garden at Charleston in Sussex.</p><p>She loved France, and regarded her painting as a kind of Impressionism. This painting of a brace of pheasants, with a bottle and glass of (undoubtedly French) red wine, conveys the pleasures of food and drink. She uses them as a subject to show her skill with colour, with a warm and rich harmony of tones. The painting is quite large for her at this time.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
12 July 2004 – 29 March 2005
2005-03-29
19 April 2004
2004-04-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-07-12
Vanessa Bell
Collection based display
Pheasants
support: 908 × 730 mm
Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark (later Lord Clark of Saltwood) through the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1946
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<span class="text0">At the mid-point of her career, Vanessa Bell’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>painting</span></a> celebrated her own family, her house and her garden at Charleston      in Sussex. </span>
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<span class="text0">She loved France, and regarded her painting as a kind      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/i/impressionism" title="Glossary definition for 'Impressionism'"><span>Impressionism</span></a>. This painting of a brace of pheasants, with a bottle and      glass of (undoubtedly French) red wine, conveys the pleasures of food and      drink. She uses them as a subject to show her skill with colour, with a      warm and rich harmony 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/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tones</span></a>. The painting is quite large for her at this      time. </span>
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2004-09-10T00:00:00
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<p><b>N05749</b> PHEASANTS 1931
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<br/>Inscr. ‘Vanessa Bell 1931’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 35 3/4×28 3/4 (91×73).
<br/>Presented by Sir Kenneth Clark through the Contemporary Art Society 1946.
<br/><i>Coll:</i>
Purchased by Sir Kenneth Clark at Agnew's 1931.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Recent Pictures by British Artists</i>, Agnew's, November–December 1931 (39); British Council, <i>Contemporary British Art</i>, Toledo, U.S.A., 1942 (6); Arts Council and tour, 1964 (53).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> John Russell, <i>From Sickert to 1948</i>, 1948, pl.23.
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<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>
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-22T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
agricultural animals: birds architecture bottle curtain domestic drink, wine England England, South East England, Southern farm Firle Firle, Charleston food and drink furnishings glass interior - non-specific interiors kitchen objects pheasant places poultry, pheasant Sussex, East Sussex - non-specific table UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions vessels and containers