James Gowan (1923, Glasgow – 2015, London)
Fountains Abbey (1973)
52x62cm
Oil on Canvas
Signed ‘James Gowan’ lower left
Inscribed to reverse ‘Fountains Abbey 1973 James Gowan No 199’
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The present work exhibits many of the characteristics obvious in his architectural works. There is a very strong architectural composition. The landscape and sky are approached in almost cubist fashion, reminiscent of the Toblerone-shaped roof of the Leicester Building, whilst the figures have a carefree feel to them. And here indeed are the gothic towers and flying butresses that we know inspired Gowan when designing the Leicester Engineering Building, being captured by the brightly-dressed members of an art class, splashes of primary colour in an already colourful landscape.
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