Oil paint on canvas
Tate Britain
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Henry Tate Collection
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/frank-holl-267" aria-label="More by Frank Holl" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Frank Holl</a>
Hush
Presented by Sir Henry Tate 1894
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
anxiety
baby
bucket
child
children
cradle
domestic
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
family
furnishings
head in hand / hands
interiors
living room
looking / watching
mother and child
objects
people
sitting
society
table
vessels and containers
woman
<p>Child death was a common occurrence in Victorian society. In <span>Hush</span> a mother devotedly watches over her sick baby, her anxiety mirrored in the face of an older child. This painting has a companion piece, <span>Hushed</span> which goes on to depict the death of the baby. Frank Holl confronts his subject directly, without sentimentality. The sombre colouring and the strong contrasts between light and shade heighten the grim mood.</p><p><em>Gallery label, May 2023</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
4 February 2005 – 2 May 2005
2005-05-02
4 February 2005 – 2 May 2005
2005-05-02
2005-02-04
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2005-02-04
Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments
Exhibition
19 May 2012 – 2 December 2012
2012-12-02
19 May 2012 – 2 December 2012
2012-12-02
2012-05-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-05-19
Victorian Sentimentality
Collection based display
18 June 2013 – 30 March 2014
2014-03-30
18 June 2013 – 3 November 2013
2013-11-03
2013-06-18
Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village (Compton, UK)
http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk
23 November 2013 – 30 March 2014
2014-03-30
2013-11-23
Mercer Art Gallery (Harrogate, UK)
http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/immediacy-1405#MercerArtGallery
2013-06-18
Frank Holl
Loan-out
1 February 2019 – 2 June 2019
2019-06-02
1 February 2019 – 2 June 2019
2019-06-02
2019-02-01
Fondation de l’Hermitage (Lausanne, Switzerland)
http://www.fondation-hermitage.ch
2019-02-01
British painting during the Victorian era
Loan-out
Hush!
support: 343 × 445 mm
frame: 674 × 775 × 135 mm
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999962" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Sir Henry Tate</a> 1894
<div><p><span>Child death was a common occurrence in Victorian society. In </span><i>Hush </i><span>a mother devotedly watches over her sick baby, her anxiety mirrored in the face of an older child. </span><i>Hushed</i><span>, its companion piece, shows the baby’s death. The mother covers her face with her hand in a gesture of grief, while her other child appears bewildered. Frank Holl confronts his subject directly, without sentimentality. The sombre colouring and the strong contrasts between light and shade heighten the grim mood.</span></p></div>
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults anxiety baby bucket child children cradle domestic emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas family furnishings head in hand / hands interiors living room looking / watching mother and child objects people sitting society table vessels and containers woman