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Untitled [Interior of a Cathedral]
Date
Post 1908
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Object Detail
Catalogue number
FH0514
Date
Post 1908
Brief Description
Architecture rarely served as a subject in itself for Frances Hodgkins, but this rapid sketch may have resulted from her being forced indoors through poor weather. The cathedral in Arles where Hodgkins also painted has shorter Romanesque arches than
seen here. However, Meaux Cathedral, west of Paris, has similar clear horizontal bands on its stone pillars, and Gothic apertures above the side arches. Apart from Claude Monet, who specialised in capturing the shimmering effects of weather
on their façades, the Impressionists struggled with cathedrals because stone tends to absorb rather than reflect light.
seen here. However, Meaux Cathedral, west of Paris, has similar clear horizontal bands on its stone pillars, and Gothic apertures above the side arches. Apart from Claude Monet, who specialised in capturing the shimmering effects of weather
on their façades, the Impressionists struggled with cathedrals because stone tends to absorb rather than reflect light.
Medium
watercolour
Dimensions
458 x 378 mm
Collection
Institutional number
2007/8/17
Credit line
Auckland
Art
Gallery
Toi
o
Tāmaki,
purchased
2007
Provenance
Private Collection, France.
Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France.
Purchased by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki from Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France, 2007.
Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France.
Purchased by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki from Galerie Mathieu Neouze, Paris, France, 2007.