Oil paint on canvas
Beyond the city
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Walter Richard Sickert
Camden Town Group
Tate Collection
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General Collection
Contemporary Art Society
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/walter-richard-sickert-1941" aria-label="More by Walter Richard Sickert" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Walter Richard Sickert</a>
Roquefort
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1924
bottle
cheese
cheese dish
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
countries and continents
drink, wine
Envermeu
food and drink
France, Normandy
glass
kitchen
knife
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places
vessels and containers
<p>From the ending of World War One until 1920, Sickert painted a series of still lifes in his house at Envermeu, outside Dieppe. They arose out of his domestic happiness with his second wife Christine after the privations of the war. The fresh handling of the paint suggests that Roquefort was carried out directly in front of the subject. After the death of his wife in 1920, Sickert gave up still-life painting. He wrote later that 'When Christine was alive, I loved the landscapes there [at Envermeu], because they seemed to belong to her, and the still lifes too, because they were seen in her house'.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
4 July 2015 – 4 October 2015
2015-10-04
4 July 2015 – 4 October 2015
2015-10-04
2015-07-04
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2015-07-04
Sickert in Dieppe
Loan-out
Roquefort
support: 409 × 328 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1924
<p>From the ending of World War One until 1920, Sickert painted a series 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/s/still-life" title="Glossary definition for 'Still life'"><span>still lifes</span></a> in his house  at Envermeu, outside Dieppe. They arose out  of his domestic happiness with his second wife Christine after the privations of the war. The fresh handling of the paint suggests that Roquefort  was carried out directly in front of the subject.  After the death of his wife in 1920, Sickert gave  up still-life <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>. He wrote later that 'When Christine was alive, I loved 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>landscapes</span></a> there  [at Envermeu], because they seemed to belong  to her, and the still lifes too, because they were seen in her house'.</p>
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