Leon Underwood: Mary, Lizzie, John and Garth, 1919-20 - on Art WW I

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Leon Underwood:
Mary, Lizzie, John and Garth, 1919-20

Framed (ref: 645)

Titled and dated on the reverse
Tempera on board, 11 x 9 1/2 in. (29.7 x 24.1 cm.)

Tags: Leon Underwood panel tempera children interiors



Provenance: The artists family

In a painted step-section frame of the artist's own design


A closely related painting, from the same year, entitled The Fireside, is in the collection of the Tate, (T02248).

This intimate scene shows Leon's father John cradling Garth in front of a fireplace. The Tate painting shows the more traditional mother cradling a child.  In both paintings, however, there is a sense of disquiet which is typical of Underwoods vision; the clothes and furnishings emphasise the modernity and mundanity of the scene.


Leon Underwood was a sculptor, painter, wood engraver and writer. He founded his own art school in London in 1921.


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