A Visit to Grandmother
2017-02-07 03:07:02愛藝
英語世界 2017年10期
A Visit to Grandmother
This charming flower garden painting (oil on panel, 31.1cm x 34.9cm)is undated but it is believed that Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) completed the work around the time of his Royal Academy exhibit in 1864. An old label on the back of the painting identified this painting asA visit to Grandmotherbut a Hughes biographer suggested that it may actually beThe Visit. Either way,we clearly have a young girl approaching an older lady and her cat in a beautiful garden.
[2] Pink, blue and white fl owers add bright spots of color amongst the greenery which covers much of this work.The young girl is wearing a white dress with a blue sash and a hat, held on her head by a matching blue bow.
[3] This work had remained unseen publicly since it was sold by the Hughes estate in 1916. It sold at auction for$20,580 in 2007.
這幅描繪花園場景的迷人畫作（板面油畫，31.1厘米×34.9厘米）并未標明日期，但據信是阿瑟·休斯（1832—1915）1864年 前 后創作的，當時他的作品正在皇家美術學院展出。畫作背面的一張舊標簽顯示，這幅畫名為《探望祖母》，但休斯的一位傳記作者說，該畫其實可能就叫《探望》。無論畫名為何，畫面清楚呈現的就是一個女孩走向美麗花園中的一位老婦人和她的貓。［圖見本期封底］
[2]畫面大部為綠色植被，粉色、藍色和白色的小花點綴其中，增添了許多亮點。女孩身著白色連衣裙，腰系藍色寬腰帶，頭戴一頂草帽，帽帶為相配的藍色，系成了一個蝴蝶結。
[3]休斯的財產繼承人于1916年將該畫出售，此后畫作便一直未見公開展示。2007年，該畫以20,580美元的價格被拍賣。
《探望祖母》
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