£875 

Hubert Arthur Finney:
Visual response to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony
Unframed (ref: 10911)

Inscribed with title to reverse

Oil on canvas

Tags: Hubert Arthur Finney allegory Canney Abstract Art music night scenes and sleep 1.H.A.Finney

Provenance: The Artist's Studio

Exhibited: The Lightbox, Woking,  Out of the Shadows, 2020, cat 4

 An accomplished musician himself, Finney believed that music, along with art, had the power to elevate its audience.

 Visual Responses to Beethoven's Pastoral. was one of Finney's rare excursions into pure abstraction.

'In my thirst for beauty I practised hard on learning the concert flute and had a few lessons on my days off duty with a charming flautist Mr Claudius who lived on the outskirts of London. His patience with a raw and not naturally gifted musician, was rewarded because my flute has enabled me to get through many anxious a day"