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Large Oil on Canvas by Beverley Downie 1978 Red Abstract Expressionist

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A large oil on canvas by extensively exhibited Australian artist, Beverley Downie, a painter whose keen interest in opera has strongly influenced her work. Downie is now in retirement but in the later part of the 1970s she painted a brilliant series of abstract expressionist works based around evocations of classical music. She’s an action painter in the style of Willem de Kooning, which is particularly clear in this work. Her works are vibrate, lilt and shimmer, changing with the light over the course of the day. Lovely meditations to live with, these evocations of sound can be light and soothing or darkly stirring. While they’re large in size, they are enveloping rather than overwhelming. Wonderful work by a wonderful artist, this particular painting is beautifully framed in gilt and stained timber in a 1970s modern style, with a simple box frame that creates a fine shadow line of vacant space around the canvas.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 40.36 in (102.5 cm)Width: 32.68 in (83 cm)Depth: 2.37 in (6 cm)
  • Style:
    Mid-Century Modern (Of the Period)
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  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1978
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use. Frame sound. Canvas tight. Painted surface a little dusty, a scuff or two and some cracking of paint surfaces but presents beautifully as is. Frame: minor scuffs and gilt loss. Back of frame shows repair, additional screws. See images.
  • Seller Location:
    Melbourne, AU
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2656328470682
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