Modern British Art, Contemporary British Art at Jonathan Clark Fine Art
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Chalice 1948
Oil on card
Studio stamp verso
7 3/4 x 10 ins 19.75 x 25.5 cms
Whilst working alongside Peter Lanyon, Sven Berlin, Bryan Wynter
and later Wilhelmina Barns Graham, Patrick Heron and others
around the three Crypt Group exhibitions in 1946-8, Wells began
to accommodate more explicit figurative references within his work.
During this time he tackled a number of still life themes and in
line with the overtly romantic aspirations for the Group as a whole,
he also at times adopted a more expressive manner. The current
painting is a clear example of this tendency, in its presentation
of antiquated still life forms set within an undefined almost
subterranean light. The use of strong local colours make the
shapes emerge jewel like from this dusk creating an interplay
of floating forms across the picture plane.
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