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Spring Cleaning (oil on canvas)

Spring Cleaning (oil on canvas)
20th-century
broom
female
chest-of-drawers
shifting
domestic-interior
male
brush
family
Painting
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20th-century
broom
female
chest-of-drawers
shifting
domestic-interior
male
brush
family
Painting
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Spring Cleaning (oil on canvas)

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Pitchforth, Roland Vivian (1895-1982) / English

Location

Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Medium

oil on canvas

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86.5x112 cms

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Also titled The Removal; The physical exertion of moving furniture for spring cleaning is captured in Roland Pitchforth's picture. The heavy, rounded limbs of the figures reflect the popularity of a sculptural style in British painting in the 1920s and 1930s. They almost seem to be taking part in a kind of dance, like a modern version of pictures of dances in ancient myths. This picture was painted whilst (Roland) Vivian Pitchforth was a member of the London Artists' Association from 1928 to 1932. Pitchforth taught at several London art colleges as well as working as artist;

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Largest available format 2868 × 2202 px 7 MB
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Medium 1024 × 786 px 87 × 67 mm 1.4 MB

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