Hubert Arthur Finney:
Dawn, 1966
Framed (ref: 5854)

Oil on canvas

Tags: Hubert Arthur Finney oil transport 1.H.A.Finney 1.Master Designs

Provenance: The Artist's Studio

Exhibited: The Lightbox, Woking, Out of the Shadows, 2020, cat 92

In the 1966 Finney spent a year  in America (on an exchange program) at the University of Wisconsin; living in Milwaukee during which he produced a vibrant body of new work inspired by  friendships with American artists such as Joe Freibert and Danny Pierce. This composition encapsulates Finneys excitement on taking this trans-atlantic flight and the new lease of life it gave to him in terms of artistic creativity.

Ray Tattle has suggested that Finney's composition was conceived while flying in a Vickers Viscount airliner with its large circular windows, through which the  distinctive slim engine nacelles of its Rolls Royce Dart turbo - prop engines can be seen in silhouette.