Girl in the Sunshine
Edith Collier, Artist
This is one of the
paintings
in our collection.
It was made in
Bonmahon, County Waterford, Ireland
in 1914-1915.
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Object Detail
About the Work
A
large
number
of
key
works
in
the
collection
of
the
Edith
Collier
Trust
were
completed
during
time
she
spent
studying
and
working
with
the
Australian
artist
Margaret
MacPherson,
in
Bonmahon,
Ireland
in
1914
and
1915.
Collier
made
two
trips
to
Bonmahon,
and
wrote
to
her
parents:
‘A
grand
place
for
painting.
Models
of
all
sorts,
seascapes,
and
landscape
without
going
far’.
In
1915,
she
accompanied
Margaret
MacPherson
and
twenty-one
fellow
art
students
to
Bonmahon
for
a
stay
that
lasted
from
March
to
September
or
October.
The
fishing
village
offered
an
ideal
location
for
a
summer
school,
as
students
could
live
at
relatively
low
cost
with
local
families.
Edith was encouraged by Macpherson to use the people of Bonmahon as her most significant subject matter. Her family also eagerly awaited new insights into the life and people of the village. Edith’s sister Dorothy reported on how Peasant Woman of Bonmahon was received in Wanganui: ‘Dad likes your Irish Biddy very much, quite proud of you . . .’ In this work, as with other portraits completed in Bonmahon, Edith takes the traditional if not clichéd nineteenth-century theme of the worthy but impoverished peasant, and applies to it a new Post-Impressionist vision.
(from exhibition text Edith Collier Selected Irish Works Feb 2012 by Greg Donson)
Edith was encouraged by Macpherson to use the people of Bonmahon as her most significant subject matter. Her family also eagerly awaited new insights into the life and people of the village. Edith’s sister Dorothy reported on how Peasant Woman of Bonmahon was received in Wanganui: ‘Dad likes your Irish Biddy very much, quite proud of you . . .’ In this work, as with other portraits completed in Bonmahon, Edith takes the traditional if not clichéd nineteenth-century theme of the worthy but impoverished peasant, and applies to it a new Post-Impressionist vision.
(from exhibition text Edith Collier Selected Irish Works Feb 2012 by Greg Donson)
Measurements
Frame 856 x 726 x 56mm
Image 730 x 604mm
Image 730 x 604mm
Media
oil on canvas
Description
Framed painting of a young girl sitting on green grass between some trees.The girl has blond hair in a single plait over her forward shoulder tied with a blue ribbon. She is seated with her legs tucked underneath her wearing a white dress with dark stockings.
Credit Line
Collection of the Edith Collier Trust, in the permanent care of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
Collection Type
Loans
Collection
Acquisition Date
1983
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Accession Number:
1/11