Oil paint on canvas
Modernity and metropolis
Artworks
James Bolivar Manson
Camden Town Group
Tate Collection
Works with images
General Collection
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SelfPortrait
Presented by D.C. Fincham 1938
adults
artist, painter
arts and entertainment
clothing and personal items
coat
curator / director
man
Manson, James Bolivar
named individuals
objects
people
pipe
portraits
self-portraits
work and occupations
<p>This portrait was painted around the time Manson started working at the Tate. He eventually became Director of the Tate Gallery from 1930 until 1938. He stands in front of a painting wearing a casual jacket, and smoking a pipe.</p><p>Manson served as secretary for the Camden Town Group in 1910, and the bright colours and textured brushwork of this portrait reflect the influence of the artists who he associated with, including Spencer Gore and Walter Sickert.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
3 November 2003 – 19 January 2004
2004-01-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2003-11-03
Portraits of Artists
Collection based display
Self-Portrait
support: 508 × 397 mm
Presented by D.C. Fincham 1938
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<span class="text0">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> was painted around the  time Manson      started working at the  Tate. He eventually became Director  of the Tate      Gallery from 1930 until 1938. He stands in front of a <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> wearing  a      casual jacket, and smoking a pipe. </span>
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<span class="text15">Manson served as secretary for 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/c/camden-town-group" title="Glossary definition for 'Camden Town Group'"><span>Camden Town Group</span></a>      in 1910, and the bright colours 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/i/impasto" title="Glossary definition for 'Impasto'"><span>textured</span></a> brushwork </span><span class="text0">
</span><span class="text16">of this portrait reflect the influence      of the artists who he associated with, including Spencer Gore and Walter      Sickert.  </span>
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