Artist: William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011) Title: Studio Table Signature: signed 'Crozier' lower left and titled verso Medium: oil on canvas Size: 102.30 x 152.40cm (40.3 x 60in) Framed Size: 107.7 x 158cm (42.4 x 62.2in) Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin where purchased by the present owner Exhibited: A Greater Garden' Taylor Galleries, Dublin, November 1998, no. 1 Literature: K Crouan, S.B. Kennedy SB and P. Vann, 'William Crozier', Published by Lund Humphries, London and Aldershot 2007, p.146, p.152 (illustrated) a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Studio Table was the result of specific circumstances in the artist's life. In 1994 Crozier moved house in Hampshire while building a new studio in West Cork and in the chaos of relocation and rebuilding, Crozier, who depended on a fastidiously well-organised studio to paint, was frustrated at the d... Read more William Crozier Lot 31 - 'Studio Table' Estimate: €20,000 - €30,000 Studio Table was the result of specific circumstances in the artist's life. In 1994 Crozier moved house in Hampshire while building a new studio in West Cork and in the chaos of relocation and rebuilding, Crozier, who depended on a fastidiously well-organised studio to paint, was frustrated at the disruption to his working life. He set up a temporary work space in the new house where, isolated from a rural landscape, he turned to the only subject to hand: the interior of the makeshift studio. In the painting we see the table top that was the artist's palette with its many empty tins used for mixing the oil medium and a big bowl full of brushes. But there is no paint being mixed, a painting is imminent but has not yet begun. Crozier frequently used a border on the left of his compositions as "an introduction", to set the key. It's a device, like in opera where the thematic things from the main areas are in the overture, and in Studio Table the heavy border on the left conveys the artist's sense of confinement. The sombre mood of the painting continues with the lush foliage of the plant on the right which stabilises the composition, holding it rigid. Whether painting landscape or still life, Crozier set out to imbue every aspect of his subject with the truth of his experience. In this painting he transforms a modest piece of studio furniture into a powerful statement of frustration overcome. For William Crozier still life was "one of the greatest concepts of Western art" and Studio Table, with its size, scale and subject, is one of the most significant that he painted.
Artist: William Crozier HRHA (1930-2011) Title: Studio Table Signature: signed 'Crozier' lower left and titled verso Medium: oil on canvas Size: 102.30 x 152.40cm (40.3 x 60in) Framed Size: 107.7 x 158cm (42.4 x 62.2in) Provenance: Taylor Galleries, Dublin where purchased by the present owner Exhibited: A Greater Garden' Taylor Galleries, Dublin, November 1998, no. 1 Literature: K Crouan, S.B. Kennedy SB and P. Vann, 'William Crozier', Published by Lund Humphries, London and Aldershot 2007, p.146, p.152 (illustrated) a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Studio Table was the result of specific circumstances in the artist's life. In 1994 Crozier moved house in Hampshire while building a new studio in West Cork and in the chaos of relocation and rebuilding, Crozier, who depended on a fastidiously well-organised studio to paint, was frustrated at the d... Read more William Crozier Lot 31 - 'Studio Table' Estimate: €20,000 - €30,000 Studio Table was the result of specific circumstances in the artist's life. In 1994 Crozier moved house in Hampshire while building a new studio in West Cork and in the chaos of relocation and rebuilding, Crozier, who depended on a fastidiously well-organised studio to paint, was frustrated at the disruption to his working life. He set up a temporary work space in the new house where, isolated from a rural landscape, he turned to the only subject to hand: the interior of the makeshift studio. In the painting we see the table top that was the artist's palette with its many empty tins used for mixing the oil medium and a big bowl full of brushes. But there is no paint being mixed, a painting is imminent but has not yet begun. Crozier frequently used a border on the left of his compositions as "an introduction", to set the key. It's a device, like in opera where the thematic things from the main areas are in the overture, and in Studio Table the heavy border on the left conveys the artist's sense of confinement. The sombre mood of the painting continues with the lush foliage of the plant on the right which stabilises the composition, holding it rigid. Whether painting landscape or still life, Crozier set out to imbue every aspect of his subject with the truth of his experience. In this painting he transforms a modest piece of studio furniture into a powerful statement of frustration overcome. For William Crozier still life was "one of the greatest concepts of Western art" and Studio Table, with its size, scale and subject, is one of the most significant that he painted.
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