Amaryllis

Amaryllis
Amaryllis
© Estate of Adrian Allinson
(British, 1890-1959)

Amaryllis

Date1930s
Mediumoil on board
Dimensionsoverall: 28 x 26 in. (71.1 x 66 cm) frame: 33 × 31 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (83.8 × 80 × 6.4 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Mary and Will Richeson, Jr.
Object number1997.71.5
Subject(s)
  • flower
  • flowers
  • still lifes
  • plants
Collection
  • 20th century European
  • European
Sub-Collection(s)
  • Still Life
  • English
  • British
On View
On view
Label TextThough not as well known today as he was during his lifetime, Allinson was an active member of the famed Bloomsbury Group, which included the writer Virginia Woolf and the art critic Clive Bell. The exhibition Manet and the Post-Impressionists, organized by Roger Fry in 1910, provided the push for Britain to develop its own version of cutting-edge art. Cézanne’s uptilted tabletop and rhythmic brushwork declare Allinson’s avant-garde allegiance. At the same time, the artist persuasively conveys a botanist’s exactitude in the wispy foliage of these star–shaped blooms, contrasted to the prickly outline of a small cactus and the scalloped patterning of a geranium.
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