Description
| Oil on canvas, showing the head and shoulders of a young girl with long hair, wearing a green dress with a pink flower in her hair. Framed in a gilt frame, unglazed. Signed and dated at lower right by E. A. Hornel.
This painting was on display in the 'Treasures of South Lanarkshire' exhibition held at Low Parks Museum, Hamilton on 1st December 2001 - 17th March 2002. From 'Treasures of South Lanarkshire exhibition' booklet:
"Hornel was one of 'The Glasgow School', a leading movement in British art at the end of the nineteenth century. His distinctive and original style was influenced by Japanese art, and linked to Art Nouveau - the subject of the painting may have been important, but so was the effect of flat coloured areas forming a pattern. This, one of his later works, lacks the freedom and vivacity of his earlier paintings but is still instantly recognisable as 'a Hornel.'"
E. A. Hornel (1864-1933) was born in Victoria, Australia to Scottish parents, he came to live in Kirkcudbright from the age of 2 years. Hornel studied at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh. In 1893-4 he travelled to Japan and as a result developed an Eastern-influenced style using thick paint and a muted palette of colours. |