작품 상세

Freida Lock, South African 1902-1962- Interior, 1960; oil on canvas, signed lower left, 60 x 49cm Provenance: Joe Wolpe Gallery, South Africa where purchased by the present owner. Note: Lock explored a number of genres throughout her artistic career, however she is perhaps most renowned for her balanced and colourful interior scenes. She was one of the founding members of the New Group (1938-54), an artistic circle made up of young South African artists, including Gregoire Boonzaier, Lippy Lipshitz, Cecil Higgs and Terence McCaw. Lock and her contemporaries brought a unique and innovative style to the conservative South African art scene, sometimes even being referred to as the ‘Cape Impressionists’. Born in Cheadle Hume, England, Lock initially studied agriculture at Reading University, however after a year of study her family moved to Stellenbosch in 1921 to establish a fruit farm. She decided at the age of 30 to become an artist, and returned to England to study at the Heatherley School of Art, the first art school to admit women, in equal terms, with men into the life room. Through her expert use of colour, Lock has been able to evoke a sense of light and shadow in this cropped composition. Her characteristic use of darker outlines, particularly apparent in the chair, assist in delineating the object from the background, thus creating depth and definition in this busy and colourful work. With thanks to Max Wolpe, Joe Wolpe's son, for his assistance in cataloguing this work. Please refer to department for condition report