Dimensions: support: 508 x 406 mm frame: 654 x 552 x 63 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Duncan Grant | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: This is "The Kitchen" by Duncan Grant, currently held in the Tate Collections. Editor: It feels so hushed, doesn't it? Like stepping into a secret, sun-drenched moment, all soft edges and filtered light. Curator: Absolutely. Grant's use of impasto creates a tactile quality, drawing us into this domestic space. Notice how the figure in the back almost blends with the shelves. Editor: It's that wallpaper, too! That floral pattern feels so… suffocating and cozy at the same time. It’s a very interior, introspective space. Curator: I agree. Grant seems to be exploring the quiet rhythms of domestic life and also the role of women in the home. Editor: Maybe that's why she seems so ethereal, almost part of the room. What's fascinating is the contrast between the mundane and the artistic. Curator: Indeed. It speaks to the beauty in the everyday, something Grant often sought. Editor: Yes, a fleeting glimpse, preserved in paint. Curator: A perfect encapsulation of a moment.
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The view is inside the Grant family home at Streatley-on-Thames, painted when he was seventeen. In 1902 he went to the Westminster School of Art, overcoming his family’s wish that he should join the army. Both his determination to pursue a career as an artist, and the quality of this very early painting, show his extraordinary talent. The colouring – controlled and yet rich – is comparable to recent work showing figures in interiors, perhaps most strongly those by Gwen John also shown in this room. Gallery label, May 2007
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