John Piper (1903 – 1992)
Montagne near St Emilion (20/10/1968)
Gouache and oil on paper
35 x 52 cm
Provenance: Marlborough Galleries 1968; Magdalene Street Gallery, Cambridge; The University of Cambridge Under Librarian.
Titled, dated (“20 10” for 20th October), and signed lower right.
A typically Piper landscape with four main fields of colour quartering the picture. Piper painted several views in Bordeaux, of which this is one; his fascination with local topography is evident in his characterful and abstract evocation of the region’s natural forms.
John Piper CH was an English painter, printmaker, and designer of stained-glass windows. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics.
Condition: excellent; original frame.
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