Tate Dora Carrington 'Farm at Watendlath' Wood Framed Print & Mount

John Lewis £125.00 Go to John Lewis First seen in Aug 2022

Description

'Farm at Watendlathe', 1921, by Dora Carrington, from the Tate collection. Made in the UK exclusively for John Lewis. The black frame is made of FSC-certified solid ayous wood, sourced from sustainably managed forests. Framed with a card mount and glass front, it arrives ready to hang on your wall. The original painting depicts a farm near Keswick in the Lake District, where the newly wed Dora Carrington spent a summer holiday with her husband and their friends. Critics have suggested that the landscape was distorted to reflect the curves of the female body. The two small figures gaze towards the landscape, possibly contemplating their own femininity. Dora Carrington was part of a successful generation of graduates from the Slade School of Art in the early 20th century. She was associated with the Bloomsbury Group of writers and artists, particularly the writer Lytton Strachey. The group lived, worked and studied together in London. Writer and wit Dorothy Parker is believed to have said of the Bloomsbury Group that they "lived in squares, painted in circles and loved in triangles." Have you thought about wall hooks and fittings?