Flowers in a Vase
Summary
A large semi-abstract group of bright spring flowers in a heavy glass vase. The vase is positioned on a square white table to the left of the centre, which stands on grey floorboards. The vase contains 4 varieties of flower and a dark branch with leaves, all painted simply and broadly. There is some colour on the background wall. Hitchens, like many artists of the 1920s and 1930s, used still life for experimenting with the forms of European modernism. The clear, flat colours, broken forms and loose brushwork demonstrate the influence of Henri Matisse.
Object Name
Flowers in a Vase
Creators Name
Date Created
1934-1936
Dimensions
object (object: 60.7cm (23 15/16in)): 60.7cm
frame (frame: cm (in)): 72.5cm x 65cm
object (object: 50.4cm (19 7/8in)): 50.4cm
accession number
1944.94
Collection Group
Place of creation
England
Support
canvas
Medium
oil paint on strawboard
Credit
Purchased from the Redfern Gallery in October 1944