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Tony Fomison, Artist
This is one of the
paintings
in our collection.
It was made in 1978. The place where it was made is unknown.
Measurements
Image 1215 x 1829 mm
Frame 1880 x 1265 x 65 mm
Frame 1880 x 1265 x 65 mm
Media
oil on hessian
Description
The dark ombre tones of this painting, with its looming figures, is representative of much of Fomison's work. The paintings of this period have been described in Art New Zealand as such: 'The images themselves are part of the painter's inner world: prophets and pilgrims - those archetypal symbols of the search for self: old images, but firmly welded to a modern conception of man's continuing predicament. In plumbing these more direct images Fomison ranges over a wide variety of different subjects. Portrait heads are in profusion, given a new tension within the tight circular or diamond frames, their subjects ranging from visionary portraits of the painters Blake, Gainsborough, Rouault and Richard Dadd, to imaginary heads of jesters and Pierrots.'
- http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues1to40/fomison.htm
- http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issues1to40/fomison.htm
Credit Line
Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Purchased with a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Subsidy, 1979.
Collection Type
Permanent collection
Acquisition Date
10 Apr 1979