Harry Morley: Sea maidens, 1930 - on Art WW I

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Harry Morley:
Sea maidens, 1930

Framed (ref: 123)
Signed; tempera on panel; in its original Reeves and Son gilded oak frame
25 3/4 x 17 in. (65.5 x 42.5 cm.)

Tags: Harry Morley panel tempera



Provenance: Paisnel Gallery; private collection since 1993
Exhibited: London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, An Exhibition of Modern Englsih Tempera Paintings, July 1930

Harry Morley was a key figure in the British Tempera Revival. During the 1920s he produced a series of tempera paintings inspired by Classical myth, painted with great clarity of form and strong primary colours. Apollo and Marsyas was acquired by the Chantrey Bequest in 1924 for the Tate.

We are grateful to Julia Baron for her assistance


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