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South France Bozouls near Rodez
Purchased 1919
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<p>In 1908 Innes travelled in France for the first time, in the company of the artist John Fothergill. They stayed near Bozouls in Southern France, where Innes drew and painted the landscape. These paintings were the most Impressionist of his short career, following the example of Wilson Steer, his teacher at the Slade School. The brilliant blue sky is flecked with wispy clouds, and the birds also catch the sunlight. Delicate touches of colour sparkle in the foreground.The two artists went on to Collioure on the Mediterranean, where Innes painted with more intense colours and a concentrated design, freed of detail.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
South of France, Bozouls, near Rodez
support: 502 × 648 mm
Purchased 1919
<p>In 1908 Innes travelled in France for the first time, in the company of the artist John Fothergill. They stayed near Bozouls in Southern France, where Innes drew and painted 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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a>. These <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 the most <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>Impressionist</span></a> of his short career, following the example of Wilson Steer, his teacher at the Slade School. The brilliant blue sky is flecked with wispy clouds, and the birds also catch the sunlight. Delicate touches of colour sparkle in the foreground.<br/>The two artists went on to Collioure on the Mediterranean, where Innes painted with more intense colours and a concentrated design, freed of detail.</p>
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<p><b>N03468</b> SOUTH OF FRANCE, BOZOULS, NEAR RODEZ 1908
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<br/>Inscr. ‘J. D. Innes.’ b.r. at foot of cross.
<br/>Canvas, 19 3/4×25 1/2 (50×65).
<br/>Purchased from Mrs Innes (Clarke Fund) 1919.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
Tate Gallery, November 1921 (60); Sheffield, Swansea and Aberystwyth, March–May 1961 (11).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Fothergill, 1946, p.8, repr. pl.3.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> W. T. Whitley, <i>The Art Collections of the Nation (Studio Special Number)</i>, 1920, p.110; <i>Tate Gallery Illustrations</i>, 1928, pl.103.</p>
<p>Fothergill describes how he went to Bozouls in 1908 with Innes who, instead 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/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> the romantic chasm and church (see however <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/innes-bozouls-near-rodez-n03660" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N03660</span></a>), turned his back on this and painted the flat country: ‘But the bright and breezy foreground ... was intended only as an introduction to the little hill, as the one break in the horizon and upon which he expended some minute tenderness.’ The painting dates from his first visit to the South of France and shows the influence of Steer, before Innes had adopted a more decorative style as a result of studying Cotman and 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/p/post-impressionism" title="Glossary definition for 'Post-Impressionism'"><span>Post-Impressionists</span></a>.</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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2004-10-05T00:00:00
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adults architecture Bozouls cities, towns, villages (non-UK) cottage countries and continents domestic farmland figure France hill landscape objects people places residential road townscapes / man-made features tree wall washing line