Sujet

Wi' Girning O' His Chaps, 1888. Creator: William Strang.

Légende

Wi' Girning O' His Chaps, 1888. A deathly figure, totally distinct from reality, scythe in hand, lurching toward the outskirts of the etching. This piece is concerned solely with aesthetics and precision. He is seen 'cultivating ugliness' [Studio 1921] in this skull-ridden figure, yet Strang never fails to outdo the notion of the unpleasant itself, with the power of beautiful craftsmanship.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM26A10_315

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

41.6Mo (5.5Mo) / 33.9cm x 30.8cm / 4000 x 3635 (300dpi)

Mots clés

weather river portrait walking arts night country dark art British museum geography menace Scotland death darkness location SCOTTISH Victorian century gallery Britain skeleton foreboding Halloween print ominous concept riverbank creepy series time of day B&W full length symbolism menacing full-length art gallery Hallowe'en Realism Blustery personification 19th century Grim Reaper black & white black and white B W Realist 1880s etched nineteenth century personifying Scots 1888 artistic movement etching geographical feature Symbolist etching portrait William Strang Strang William Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum art centre W Strang Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums art movement Heritage Art 19th-century Etching and engraving on paper All Hallows's Eve Aberdeen Archives Death and the Ploughman's Wife