(Interior of artist's studio)

Ramsay, Hugh (1877-1906)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

1901

Height:

41.0 cm  (16 1/8 in.)

Width:

32.8 cm  (12 15/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

oil on canvas

Place of creation:

Paris (France)

Description

The painting depicts the artist's studio in Paris. On the left is a large canvas, fully visible but largely blank. It partly blocks the view of an upright pianoforte, whose keyboard lid is open. The chair at the instrument is at a pronounced angle. A second chair to the right holds a pile of books or sheet music. A painting is displayed on the wall, and another rests on the floor.

The artist was a proficient pianist and organist. For other images of Ramsay's Paris studio see RIdIM records 4819 and 4820.

People as subjects

Ramsay, Hugh (1877-1906)

Iconclass

41A251

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Upright pianoforte [2311] (with candelstick holders)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Fullerton, Patricia. Hugh Ramsay: His life and work (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia: Hudson Publishing, 1988). ISBN 0949873101.

Fullerton, Patricia. Hugh Ramsay: 1877-1906 (Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria, 1992). ISBN 0724101594.

Teniswood-Harvey, Arabella. "The artist's piano: Parisian self-portraits by Hugh Ramsay (1877-1906)", Context 43 (2018) 1-12.

RIdIM record id

5427

Data provider

Australian Music and Art Research Group