- Title:
- Sussex Landscape
- Collection:
- Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums
- Accession date:
- 1938
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Associated concept:
- Paintings And Drawings
- Associated date:
- c.1937
- Associated person:
- Ivon Hitchens
- Credit line:
- Purchased in 1938.
- Current location:
- View by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
- Dimension:
- Overall: Height: 56.3 cm, Width: 61.4 cm Frame: Height: 77.1 cm, Width: 81.3 cm
- Inscription content:
- Hitchens
- Inscription position:
- Lower Right
- Inscription type:
- Signed
- Material:
- oil on canvas
- Object number:
- ABDAG002757
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1932
- Date - latest:
- 1942
- Object status:
- Accessioned object
- Responsible department/section:
- Fine Art
- Right type:
- © The Artist's Estate
- Text:
- This work was painted at a pivotal point in Hitchen's career, when he was poised on the brink of abstraction. This picture demonstrates that he chose firmly to stay on the side of nature. The landscape elements are umistakable, simplified though they are. Hitchens likened his lyrical abstractions to music. He said; 'I seek to recreate the truth of nature by making my own song about it (in paint.)' In 1940, Hitchens settled permanently in Sussex where the surrounding landscape continued to inspire him.
- Text reference number:
- https://emuseum.aberdeencity.gov.uk/objects/2293
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2a69727a-1387-30c9-8e06-a84d43d404f2
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2a69727a-1387-30c9-8e06-a84d43d404f2, Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums, CC 0
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